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Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 07:11:50 +0400
From: Solar Designer <solar@...nwall.com>
To: john-dev@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: formats that duplicate dynamics
On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 08:31:11AM +0530, Dhiru Kholia wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 8:05 AM, Solar Designer <solar@...nwall.com> wrote:
> >
> > The "postgre" format at the very least needs to be renamed from the
> > ridiculous "postgre" to "postgres". This includes the filename,
> > FORMAT_LABEL, and the "$postgre$" prefix string.
>
> If these changes are final, they will also involve sending a small
> patch to Ettercap project.
Unless anyone suggests a different kind of rename/action (and we agree
on that), yes - we'll likely end up making the above changes.
It is possible that the prefix string will need to be changed to a
$dynamic_*$, though.
> Do you want to do these changes before the upcoming release?
Definitely.
> > However, there's a more general issue: can't the same be implemented as
> > a dynamic format?
> > This general issue probably applies to several other formats as well,
> > including e.g. "mongodb".
>
> I promised to use dynamic format where I could and I did
> (htdigest2john.py is an example).
In those cases, we should also be documenting those dynamics prominently
as being usable for the well-known things that they can be used to crack.
This includes setting their names visible in --test accordingly.
> I will see if the above mentioned formats can be implemented using
> dynamic format.
OK. Thanks!
Alexander
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