Follow @Openwall on Twitter for new release announcements and other news
[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 16:42:01 -0500
From: Rafael Veras <rafaveguim@...il.com>
To: john-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: How to force John to count duplicate guesses?

Fantastic, Matt!

Thanks

On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 11:18 AM, Matt Weir <cweir@...edu> wrote:

> Hey Rafael,
>
> I created a github repo of checkPass2 and it is available here:
>
> https://github.com/lakiw/Password_Research_Tools
>
> I'll be the first to admit I haven't put the time into it to make is usable
> by anyone else so I apologize for that. For example I've  been going into
> the source code and manually changing the print statement to print what I
> want vs adding a command line option to switch the output. Right now it
> currently outputs the status of the cracking session, aka number of
> guesses/number of passwords cracked. It does save everything though so if
> there is a particular formatting you want the data is there. Also if there
> is a feature you want by all means please open up an issue on the github
> page.
>
> Side note, I also limit the output since Excel doesn't like it when I try
> to graph millions of data points. So it will print out the starting status,
> the ending status, but in the middle of a cracking session it will only
> print out the current status after X number of passwords have been cracked,
> (X grows larger the bigger the target set). Aka if I'm graphing an attack
> against RockYou's 32 million passwords it'll only print out the status
> after several thousand new passwords have been cracked. If you are modeling
> a shorter cracking session you may want to manually change this.
>
> As for dealing with hashed passwords, if you are still struggling getting
> JtR to count all of your guesses one option might be to run your cracking
> session in JtR and then use the cracked passwords as a target set in
> checkPass.
>
>
> Good luck!
>
> Matt
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 2:46 PM, magnum <john.magnum@...hmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hmm you seem to have found a bug for us. Without rules, we have no
> > consecutive dupe supression at all now. We have had it in the past but
> > somehow it's not there now. This begs the question what *other* reason
> > make your figures lower...
> >
> > magnum
> >
> > On 2015-01-08 20:29, Rafael Veras wrote:
> > > Hi magnum,
> > >
> > > Yes, I can build it myself. Can you point me to the file/function I
> need
> > to
> > > edit?
> > >
> > >> The exact fix depends on your exact command line (-pipe, -stdin or
> pure
> > > -wordlist, and
> > > whether you use rules or not).
> > >
> > > I don't use rules and prefer -stdin.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Rafael
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 9:15 PM, magnum <john.magnum@...hmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >> On 2015-01-07 21:51, Rafael Veras wrote:
> > >>> By the end of the experiment a get the following status line:
> > >>>
> > >>> 1956366g *7942070363p* 0:00:21:18 1530g/s 6214Kp/s 6214Kc/s 25268GC/s
> > >>> lyngemita..LynGemItA
> > >>>
> > >>> In bold is the number of password candidates tried. I expected to see
> > >>> 8000000000 there.
> > >>>
> > >>> After some toy experiments, I realized John might not be counting
> > >>> candidates that were already tried.
> > >>>
> > >>> From the status lines, I generate a graph with the performance of
> > >> guessing
> > >>> methods. Not counting duplicates artificially boosts the performance
> of
> > >>> this particular guessing method, in terms of hits/guesses.
> > >>>
> > >>> So is it possible to easily alter this behavior, either in john.conf
> or
> > >> in
> > >>> the source code?!
> > >>
> > >> Even without the --dupe-suppression option, *consecutive* dupes are
> > >> suppressed and there is no option to turn that off. You can probably
> > >> hack that away fairly easy - can you build John yourself? The exaxt
> fix
> > >> depends on your exact command line (-pipe, -stdin or pure -wordlist,
> and
> > >> whether you use rules or not).
> > >>
> > >> magnum
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>

Powered by blists - more mailing lists

Confused about mailing lists and their use? Read about mailing lists on Wikipedia and check out these guidelines on proper formatting of your messages.