Chapter 8. Develop an Account Security Policy
These labs should be performed on the Kali operating system that you installed in Chapter 1, “Distributions and Key Components.” Before you begin this lab, log in to the student account that you created during the installation process.
Lab 8.1 Testing the Security of Accounts
Scenario: Create five user accounts, with a different password for each account. Make some of the passwords very simple, such as simple words, and some of the passwords more complex. Then run the johnny password attack tool on these new accounts and see which passwords were compromised by the tool.
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