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Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 22:09:50 -0900
From: Royce Williams <royce@...ho.org>
To: john-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: password cracking as a subset of hash searching
In this blog post:
http://roycebits.blogspot.com/2015/10/hash-filtering-more-than-vanity.html
... I argue that password cracking frameworks should start to
incorporate searching for partial matches of hashes -- vanity hashes,
partial collisions, hashes that mask specific masks, etc.
In other words, I see password cracking (searching for hashes that
exactly match known hashes) as part of a larger class of activities
(searching for hashes with specific properties), and see potential for
cross-pollination with related work that would ultimately benefit the
project. I point out some recent examples in the post.
As magnum correctly points out in the comments, this isn't as simple
as I would like. :) It would certainly mean maintaining code paths
that branch off pretty early from JtR's main mission. But in the
post, I argue that a simple framework in a different code path -- to
which interested parties could contribute code -- would be far more
efficient than watching multiple projects poorly reimplement things
that JtR already does well (parallel processing, forking, mask
parsing, etc.)
It's all theory for me, as I am not a developer. But I think that it
is fertile ground for future work.
Royce
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