Netware version File Names ————— ———- 2.x NET$BIND.SYS, NET$BVAL.SYS 3.x NET$OBJ.SYS, NET$PROP.SYS, NET$VAL.SYS Q. How do I crack a Novell password?
A. Taken from the Novell Netware Hack FAQ. If Intruder Detection is off, you can use a “brute force” password cracker. Encrypted passwords is Novell’s way of protecting passwords from sniffers. Since older versions of Netware (2.15c) sent passwords as plain text over the wire, a sniffer could see the password as it went by. To secure things, Novell gave the administrator a way to control this. Later versions of the LOGIN.EXE program would encrypt the password before transmitting it across the wire to the server. But before this could happen, the shell (NETX) had to be updated. Since some locations had to have older shells and older versions of LOGIN.EXE to support older equipment, the administrator has the option of allowing unencrypted passwords to access the server. This is done by typing SET ALLOW UNENCRYPTED PASSWORDS=ON at the console or by adding it to the AUTOEXEC.NCF. The default is OFF, which means NOVELBFH could be beeping the server console every attempt! Fortunately most si
