Is it possible to extract the root password from the file system?

[Mark Phillips]

>
> Since this is a drive buffalo, I might try ettercap ssh downgrade attack:
>
> http://openmaniak.com/ettercap_filter.php
> ttp://sites.google.com/site/clickdeathsquad/Home/cds-ssh-mitmdowngrade
>
> Not sure how a man in the middle attack will work, since I don't know the
password to begin with...

Or Hydra:
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> Hydra Instructions:
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CP-JB4QARo
>
>>
>>> Hydra is promising. I tried it with the common passwords list from
openwall. No luck. Do you have any better password lists?

Thanks,

Mark
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