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Password Cracking: A Game of Wits

Communications of the ACM (1989) 32(6) 700-703
DOI: 10.1145/63526.63529
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The following report has been gleaned from A Tour of the Worm, an in-depth account of the November Internet infection. The author found the worm's crypt algorithm a frustrating, yet engaging, puzzle. © 1989, ACM. All rights reserved.

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Seeley, D. (1989). Password Cracking: A Game of Wits. Communications of the ACM, 32(6), 700–703. https://doi.org/10.1145/63526.63529

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