October 2018
Intermediate to advanced
528 pages
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To extract password hashes from the Windows 2K/NT/XP/Vista SAM database registry file, you can use samdump2 (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ophcrack/files/samdump2/). With samdump2, you don't need to give the System Key (SysKey) first to get the password hash. SysKey is a key used to encrypt the hashes in the Security Accounts Manager (SAM) file. It was introduced and enabled in Windows NT Service Pack 3.
To start samdump2, use the console to execute the following command:
# samdump2
This will display simple usage instructions on your screen.
There are several ways to get the Windows password hash:
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