i dont have much other experience with any other cracker besides john
since it does what it does so well, however i can say what steps i take
to minimize the length of time it takes to crack. Get yourself several
good dictionary files. One english language dictionary, one with first
names and one with surnames. I haven't used john in a long time but it
used to have the options to run dictionary attacks with variations on
the words in the dictionary file. I'd get many hits in a short period
like this. After that I would then switch to incremental mode and let it
run for as long as i had the patience (4 days for me tops). It doesn't
matter the format of the file I believe since it reads the contents into
memory anyways. Try that. If you had already done this and I wasted your
time I'm sorry.
However, since you were able to get the shadow file this means you have
root access and would net more passwords by installing a sniffer like
ettercap or dsniff. Just an option.
PS. I like your paints, they shine well (i bet you get that alot)
Terry Vernon
CTO
Sprite Technologies
Sherwyn Williams wrote:
> I am doing an assesment for passwords on a network, after getting the
> password file I piped the output to a text file, tried to run that
> against John and can't get any luck with the program. Do anyone here
> uses any other password programs, and is there a better format than a
> text file to store the out of the etc/shadow when trying to get the
> passes.
> Sherwyn Williams
> Technical Consultant
> Sherwill22_at_tmail.com
>
Received on Jul 28 2005
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