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Date:      Tue, 2 Jul 2002 07:41:27 -0600
From:      "David G . Andersen" <danderse@cs.utah.edu>
To:        Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: password crackers?
Message-ID:  <20020702074127.B21304@cs.utah.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3D21AC48.3E2C1BC1@centtech.com>; from anderson@centtech.com on Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 08:36:08AM -0500
References:  <3D21AC48.3E2C1BC1@centtech.com>

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Eric Anderson just mooed:
> What does everyone recommend for a general password file cracker?  I have been
> using an old version of crack, but there must be better ones around.  I need to
> crack solaris, freebsd, and linux password hashes.  Any recommendations?

Single-host:  John the Ripper

  http://www.openwall.com/john/

Multi-host:   Probably still Crack.

John will be faster on a single host than Crack on two hosts,
most likely, but if you've got a host of hosts to throw at it,
crack is easier to manage.

  -Dave


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