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Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2012 08:47:29 -0800
From: Royce Williams <royce@...ho.org>
To: Dhiru Kholia <dhiru.kholia@...il.com>
Cc: john-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Re: OS X keychain single empty/spaces result, but
 guessing continues?

Adding john-users to close this  thread off.

On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Dhiru Kholia <dhiru.kholia@...il.com> wrote:
> For Keychains, JtR will (should) continue guessing the passwords (even
> if a password was found) untill the keyspace / dictionary is
> exhausted.

Ah, understood - it's a keychain-specific difference.  I understand now.

> Can you plug this rita keychain into a Mac system and try using
> (unlocking) it without a password? Thanks!

Aha - this works with an empty password!  So this does appear to be a
legitimate keychain.  Thank you for clearing this up for me.

Royce

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