netscreen

So the Juniper Netscreen/SSG ScreenOS password hash is a bit of a hidden mystery. I had in my hand the config of a Netscreen device and I wanted to perform a reverse of the password hashes to see if they were weak.

In this case here’s the line from the config:

1set admin user "admin" password "nAePB0rfAm+Nc4YO3s0JwPHtRXIHdn" privilege "all"

John The ripper has supported Netscreen passwords since back in 2008… Continue reading