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Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 03:01:33 +0400
From: Solar Designer <solar@...nwall.com>
To: john-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Oracle password cracker

Simon,

On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 10:12:48AM +0200, Simon Marechal wrote:
> Here is an oracle password cracker I wrote for JtR.

Thanks!

> It is not tested and requires tweaking in loader.c and stuff just like
> the mscash patch. It uses DES.

Where does des.h come from, if it's not a dependency on an external
library?  Does this oracle_fmt.c depend on another patch of yours?  If
so, can you perhaps post an URL to a complete patch that would be
suitable for inclusion in contrib?

> I do not really understand how the bitsliced library works. Is it
> possible to use it on the oracle passwords?

I think so, but it'd be tricky since the number of DES encryptions to
perform appears to depend on candidate password lengths.

> Is it worth it?

It should result in a substantial speedup if used right, but this would
complicate the code.

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