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Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 10:13:18 +0800
From: Kai Zhao <loverszhao@...il.com>
To: john-dev@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Advice on proposal: John the Ripper jumbo robustness
> The first thing to do with fuzzing john is making john start fast.
What's the meaning of start fast? Here is the main() function in john.c:
int main()
{
john_init();
john_run();
john_done();
}
Does "making john start fast" means "making john_init() fast"?
> I've taken a look at it. There are two easy things here: instrumenting
only a
> fuzzed format and john.c make john ~5x faster, removing most content from
> john.conf makes john ~7x faster. That's 35x boost.
How do you get the multiple of ~5x and ~7x faster?
Thanks,
Kai
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