In this interview, L0phtcrack core team member Chris Wysopal discusses the history of this legendary password auditing and recovery tool as well as the features in the latest release.

Why did it take you so long to release a new version of L0phtcrack?

It took quite a while once we contacted Symantec to work through the legal process of getting the rights to the code. I think dealing with large companies when you are small always takes a lot longer than you think it does. Then when we got the code it still took a few months to get in the improvements we wanted in order to make the software a credible new release that people would want to upgrade or purchase.