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Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2015 18:42:40 +0200
From: magnum <john.magnum@...hmail.com>
To: john-dev@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: bechmark versus self-test

On 2015-04-06 00:48, Claudio André wrote:
> magnum, all
> 
> JtR should allow the format to set which ciphers in test[] should be
> used to benchmark. Reason:
> - work only with passwords of the same size/cost/whatever.
> 
> https://github.com/magnumripper/JohnTheRipper/issues/1182
> 
> A POC can be seen here:
> https://github.com/claudioandre/JohnTheRipper/commit/cd2f01e7263f6bfbb8017767c59a6877923765a1

Yes, we are about to do the following format struct change unless
someone has better ideas.

diff --git a/src/formats.h b/src/formats.h
index 53b4c9b..0ca2a94 100644
--- a/src/formats.h
+++ b/src/formats.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  * in case of any problem with the new additions
  * (tunable cost parameters)
  */
-#define FMT_MAIN_VERSION 13    /* change if structure fmt_main changes */
+#define FMT_MAIN_VERSION 14    /* change if structure fmt_main changes */

 /*
  * fmt_main is declared for real further down this file, but we refer
to it in
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ struct db_salt;
 struct fmt_tests {
        char *ciphertext, *plaintext;
        char *fields[10];
+       int skip_on_bench;
+       char *mask_plain;
+       char *mask;
 };

 /*

The skip_on_bench can be used to (de-)select test vectors used for
benchmarking (as opposed to self-test, which will ignore this field).

The mask_plain and mask can be used for testing/benchmarking GPU-side
mask. For example, if the plaintext is "magnum", mask_plain could be
"num" and the mask could be "?l?l?l?w".

Like with the *fields[10] we'll leave most formats unchanged, leaving
the new items at NULL and 0 - which is perfect for our needs.

Any objections?

magnum


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