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Re: John the Ripper in Etch?



On Tue, Dec 26, 2006 at 04:34:36AM -0800, Frank Bauer wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I just noticed that John the Ripper dropped off Etch and there is no visible activity from its mailntainer to bring it back.
> 
Check bug #375850 [0].

> As Etch is nearing, does it mean john will not be part of it?
> 
It appears that maintainer has not bothered to fix the bug.

> How are we going to demonstrate our users their weak passwords? The only alternative I found in Etch is crack, obsolete since the last millenium or so.
> 
Use the upstream version or backport the package yourself from Sid?

Regards,

-Roberto

[0] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=375850
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Roberto C. Sanchez
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