Vista activation cracked by brute force [modified]
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Vista activation cracked by brute force [^] IT LOOKS LIKE Microsoft's unhackable OS activation malware has been hacked. Consiga uma chave de ativação do Vista na marra (pt-br)[^] -- modified at 20:07 Saturday 3rd March, 2007: Looks that the "crack" really can to work, but like all brute force attack vs. key size, it can take ages to get one valid key. :)
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Vista activation cracked by brute force [^] IT LOOKS LIKE Microsoft's unhackable OS activation malware has been hacked. Consiga uma chave de ativação do Vista na marra (pt-br)[^] -- modified at 20:07 Saturday 3rd March, 2007: Looks that the "crack" really can to work, but like all brute force attack vs. key size, it can take ages to get one valid key. :)
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For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:Extracted from, Vista activation cracked by brute force [^] "It is a simple brute force attack, dumb as a rock that just tries keys" I thought microsoft vista was supposed to be secure...?:-D "The method of attack has got to be quite troubling for MS on many grounds. The crack is a glorified guesser, and with the speed of modern PCs and the number of outstanding keys, the 25-digit serials are within range. The biggest problem for MS? If this gets widespread, and I hope it will, people will start activating legit keys that are owned by other people" What does this mean for people buying Vista at the moment, no activation/free activation. I wonder how much microsoft will lose from this.
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Vista activation cracked by brute force [^] IT LOOKS LIKE Microsoft's unhackable OS activation malware has been hacked. Consiga uma chave de ativação do Vista na marra (pt-br)[^] -- modified at 20:07 Saturday 3rd March, 2007: Looks that the "crack" really can to work, but like all brute force attack vs. key size, it can take ages to get one valid key. :)
Engaged in learning of English grammar ;)
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger: -
Vista activation cracked by brute force [^] IT LOOKS LIKE Microsoft's unhackable OS activation malware has been hacked. Consiga uma chave de ativação do Vista na marra (pt-br)[^] -- modified at 20:07 Saturday 3rd March, 2007: Looks that the "crack" really can to work, but like all brute force attack vs. key size, it can take ages to get one valid key. :)
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For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:I'm sorry, but this seems like a hoax, or better, an extremely impractical way to approach the "problem". Brute force takes ages, and not just a couple of days. Source: http://keznews.com/2442_Windows_Vista_Keygen_a_Hoax_[^]
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Vista activation cracked by brute force [^] IT LOOKS LIKE Microsoft's unhackable OS activation malware has been hacked. Consiga uma chave de ativação do Vista na marra (pt-br)[^] -- modified at 20:07 Saturday 3rd March, 2007: Looks that the "crack" really can to work, but like all brute force attack vs. key size, it can take ages to get one valid key. :)
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For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:A quote from this rag: "The method of attack has got to be quite troubling for MS on many grounds." Sheesh, if the author (yeah, right, author) of this smarmy editorial can not get his cliches right, how can one expect the dunderhead to get his facts straight?
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Vista activation cracked by brute force [^] IT LOOKS LIKE Microsoft's unhackable OS activation malware has been hacked. Consiga uma chave de ativação do Vista na marra (pt-br)[^] -- modified at 20:07 Saturday 3rd March, 2007: Looks that the "crack" really can to work, but like all brute force attack vs. key size, it can take ages to get one valid key. :)
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For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:Any scheme that involves a key (whether it's an encryption key or a product key) can be broken by a brute force search. The product key is just too short to make a brute force search impractical. As always, it's a trade-off between security and convenience. If the product key were really long (say, 256 bits), that would effectively stop brute-force attacks, but then no one would be able to type in all those numbers from the sticker on their CD case without making a mistake over and over.
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Vista activation cracked by brute force [^] IT LOOKS LIKE Microsoft's unhackable OS activation malware has been hacked. Consiga uma chave de ativação do Vista na marra (pt-br)[^] -- modified at 20:07 Saturday 3rd March, 2007: Looks that the "crack" really can to work, but like all brute force attack vs. key size, it can take ages to get one valid key. :)
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For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:Cracked so early?
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Any scheme that involves a key (whether it's an encryption key or a product key) can be broken by a brute force search. The product key is just too short to make a brute force search impractical. As always, it's a trade-off between security and convenience. If the product key were really long (say, 256 bits), that would effectively stop brute-force attacks, but then no one would be able to type in all those numbers from the sticker on their CD case without making a mistake over and over.
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I'm assuming that the 'range' of valid characters is 36 (0-9, A-Z) because I have seen L, 1, I, O and 0 in keys. Therefore the number of possible keys is 36^25, which is 8 x 10^38. To compute the necessary power of bits, use log(n) / log(2), which gives 129.2, so this is roughly the equivalent of a 129-bit key. If you could check one key every 100ms - ten keys a second - it would still take 2 nonillion years (2 x 10^30) to check all the keys. Having said that, there's almost certainly some self-checking algorithm, and the keys indicate which edition the key is valid for. It doesn't matter exactly which key is obtained, either - it just matters that it works. However, even assuming that Windows Vista sells a billion copies - highly unlikely - that's parts-per-million compared to the number of potential keys. Probably your best bet would simply to employ a random number generator.
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Cracked so early?
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Extracted from, Vista activation cracked by brute force [^] "It is a simple brute force attack, dumb as a rock that just tries keys" I thought microsoft vista was supposed to be secure...?:-D "The method of attack has got to be quite troubling for MS on many grounds. The crack is a glorified guesser, and with the speed of modern PCs and the number of outstanding keys, the 25-digit serials are within range. The biggest problem for MS? If this gets widespread, and I hope it will, people will start activating legit keys that are owned by other people" What does this mean for people buying Vista at the moment, no activation/free activation. I wonder how much microsoft will lose from this.
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Vista activation cracked by brute force [^] IT LOOKS LIKE Microsoft's unhackable OS activation malware has been hacked. Consiga uma chave de ativação do Vista na marra (pt-br)[^] -- modified at 20:07 Saturday 3rd March, 2007: Looks that the "crack" really can to work, but like all brute force attack vs. key size, it can take ages to get one valid key. :)
Engaged in learning of English grammar ;)
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger: