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Timeline for Windows 7 Password Hash Security

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Sep 7, 2017 at 2:52 comment added SDsolar Doesn't matter. Just use the hash itself: security.stackexchange.com/questions/168940/…
Oct 7, 2012 at 23:24 answer added Thomas Pornin timeline score: 18
Aug 27, 2012 at 0:32 vote accept geometrian
Jul 26, 2012 at 14:24 comment added cutrightjm See this link and disable booting from USB and CDs - security.stackexchange.com/questions/11023/… ...also, if a password was bruteforced (presumably) in a few minutes, it obviously wasn't strong. Make sure to include special characters, numbers, caps and lowercase in combination.
Jul 26, 2012 at 2:50 answer added Paul Horbal timeline score: 4
Jul 26, 2012 at 1:12 history edited curiousguy
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Jul 25, 2012 at 23:58 answer added Eric G timeline score: 5
Jul 25, 2012 at 23:23 comment added ewanm89 @AndrewSmith yeah, I would just have to pull the disk data lead and plug it into my lappy instead to get over UEFI secure boot... Bitlocker, bah, I'll just do a cold boot attack.
Jul 25, 2012 at 22:27 comment added Andrew Smith Bitlocker fulldrive encryption prevents from booting from linux and extracting password. Secure bios should prevent loading alien linux kernel.
Jul 25, 2012 at 21:43 history asked geometrian CC BY-SA 3.0