john-users - Re: bob the butcher distributed password cracker

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Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 20:34:13 +0100
From: Rembrandt <rembrandt@...erlin.de>
To: john-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: bob the butcher distributed password cracker

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On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 19:58:18 +0100
Simon Marechal <simon@...quise.net> wrote:

> Rembrandt wrote:
> > If you wanna crack using multiple Computers use Crack5, Slurpie or
> > whatever. Even you code your own Tool it will not help improving john. :-(
> 
> Most distributed password cracker projects i saw either:
> * were dead
> * were slow
> * were not easy to use (required manual actions)
> * would not work with multiple etherogeneous password files
> 
> And about me improving john you should look in the contrib section.

At first:
It wasn't a personal critic Simon.

But you're correct with the critics related to the other projects.
I ment it more like:

It would be neat to see such things in John and not in another Project. 
As you said already: Most of those projects are dead.

So it wasn't a personal critic and I'm sorry if you missunderstood
me. :-)

Rembrandt
- -- 
God did a bless on me,
So accapt the dark side in you.
Hate leads me to victory, so give me a war.
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