Dragan on Security

Here is small list of tools for cracking passwords. It is listed in order: tool, URL, and short description.

• Dictionaries / Wordlists ftp://coast.cs.purdue.edu/pub/dict/, http://packetstormsecurity.org/Crackers/wordlists/dictionaries/ - Word lists that can be used in most password-cracking utilities.
• Hydra http://www.thc.org/thc-hydra/ A fast network logon cracker that supports many different services.
• John the Ripper http://www.openwall.com/john/ A password-cracking utility.
• L0phtCrack http://www.atstake.com/research/lc3/index.html A password-cracking utility for Windows.
• LSADump2 http://razor.bindview.com/tools/files/lsadump2.zip An application to dump the contents of the LSA secrets on a machine, provided you are an administrator.
• PWDump2 http://razor.bindview.com/tools/files/pwdump2.zip A utility to extract the Windows SAM database.
• PDDump3 http://www.ebiz-tech.com/html/pwdump.html A utility to remotely extract the Windows SAM database.
• VNC Crack http://www.phenoelit.de/vncrack/ A password-cracking tool for VNC.

Note: But… some domains expired and some companies acquired by bigger ones. :)