Hmmm

I would be skeptical about the first two characters...........probably marketing BS. I had a look at the site and seem to recall that it will only crack 6 character passes anyway? I also notice that it does a dictionary attack as well............a bit lame?

I have seen several bruteforce proggys but they will only go to 8 characters. I have given internal demonstrations of this sort of thing to get the users more security and password aware. A half decent password will take several days if not weeks.............10-12 random characters and you are looking at needing Intelligence or Law Enforcement type tools and taking weeks/months.

My experience of numerous high security sites is that a password change is only forced every 28 days, which gives you an idea of anticipated timescales?

Doesn't your admin have remote access capabilities, couldn't you phone him?

Just had a thought.............when you set up your account, didn't you create a 3.5" diskette?.......that will get round your password problem, but you will probably need the administrator to activate your account again.

I honestly don't think that you can do anything in the timescales you mention. You will either have to contact the administrator or wait for him to come back?

Cheers