john-users - Re: Oracle password cracker

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Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 01:21:39 +0200
From: Simon Marechal <simon@...quise.net>
To: john-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Oracle password cracker

Frank Dittrich wrote:
> Wouldn't it have been easier to convert the "password" file so that
> the user name appears twice per line (once _included_ in the hash)?
> Then, you woudn't need such invasive changes in JtR's core logic,
> and it should be easier to apply the patch to future JtR versions.

Patching is not that hard. I'd rather have it that way than having to 
edit all my hash files before cracking them. And more importantly that's 
why Solar suggested I do (well, after explaining it to me five times, i 
hope i got it right ... ).