What's New in LC5

LC5 includes enhancements and additions to the critically-acclaimed L0phtCrack auditor:

• Password Scoring:
  LC5 provides a scoring metric to quickly assess password quality. Passwords are measured against current industry best practices, and are rated as Strong, Medium, Weak, or Fail.
• Pre-computed Dictionary Support:
  Pre-computed password files is a new advance in password auditing. LC5 now supports pre-computed password hashes. Password audits now take minutes instead of hours or days.
• Unix Password Support:
  LC5 imports and cracks Unix password files. Perform network audits from a single interface.
• Remote password retrieval:
  LC5 has a built-in ability to import passwords from remote Windows and Unix machines, where previous versions of LC required a third-party utility.
• Scheduled Scans:
  System administrators can schedule routine audits with LC5. Audits can be performed daily, weekly, monthly, or just once, depending on the organization's auditing requirements.
• Remediation:
  LC5 offers remediation assistance to system administrators on how to take action against accounts that have poor passwords. Accounts can be disabled, or the passwords can be set to expire from within the LC5 interface. Remediation works for Windows user accounts only.
• Updated GUI:
  The user interface is improved and updated. More information is available about each user account, including password age, lock-out status, and whether the account is disabled, expired, or never expires. Information on LC5's current session is provided in an "immediate window" with a reporting tab providing up-to-the-minute status of the current auditing session.
• Improved reporting:
  LC5 includes improved reporting. LC5 now has real-time reporting that is displayed in a separate, tabbed interface. Auditing results are displayed based on auditing method, risk severity, and password character sets.
  
  
• Password Risk Status

Displays risk status in four different categories: Empty, High Risk, Medium Risk, and Low Risk.

• Password Audit Method

Displays the completion of all four methods LC5 uses: Dictionary, Hybrid, Precomputed, and Brute Force.

• Password Character Sets

Reports the completion of the various character sets being audited, including, Alpha, Alphanumeric, Alphanumeric/Symbol, Alphanumeric/Symbol/International.

• Password Length Distribution

Reports the overall length of the discovered password by account.

The Summary Report in LC5 shows the Password Statistics as Locked, Disabled, Expired, or if the password is older than 180 days. The Audit Summary shows the number of Accounts cracked and the number of Domains audited.

• Foreign Password Cracking:
  LC5 supports foreign character sets for Brute Force, as well as foreign dictionary files. Pull down menus change for language and character set. LC5 ships with several foreign dictionaries.