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Convenient cross-platform help on checking secure hashes like SHA-256
It is often helpful to be able to obtain a good cryptographic checksum of a file, e.g. the SHA-256 hash. This can be used to verify file integrity, so long as you have a reliable source for the hash.
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Generate wordlist using non-default rules (John The Ripper)
If I want to create a wordlist, using JTR to mangle a source list by applying its default rules to them I can do this like so:
# john -rules --stdout --wordlist=/usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt | ...
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How to determine hashes/second in password cryptanalysis
I'm working on my dissertation concerning cryptanalysis on password hashes. As part of my research, I aim to crack a number of passwords with John the Ripper and rainbowcrack-mt.
I'd like to ...
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Tools to produce an MD5 collision?
I'd like to learn a bit more about MD5 collisions.
So let's assume I have a message m:
m = somesecretmessage
And I hash that message:
z = md5(m)
The only know information is z. I do not know m.
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Does whosthere.exe of pth toolkit have to run with administrative rights?
To see the users that are connected to the machine and they're pass hashes with Whosthere.exe, do I have to run it as an administrator?
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Both Ophcrack and ONTP&RE incorrectly show Windows 10 passwords as blank
I'm trying to crack a Windows 10 laptop that I myself set a password on a day or so ago. So far I've tried booting into Ophcrack 3.6 and ONTP&RE (Offline NT Password & Registry Editor) from ...
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