Follow @Openwall on Twitter for new release announcements and other news
[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:02:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Robert B. Harris" <rs904c@...scape.net>
To: john-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: password with the sign "#"

I don't want to be a trouble maker, but what if someone wants to test  #!comment as a password?


"#!comment







-----Original Message-----
From: Solar Designer <solar@...nwall.com>
To: john-users <john-users@...ts.openwall.com>
Sent: Mon, Aug 22, 2011 10:31 am
Subject: Re: [john-users] password with the sign "#"


On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 12:38:40PM +0200, Roland wrote:
 I am trying to Crack the Password of my Windows Laptop.
Is there a reason for you to crack it rather than reset it?  Just for fun?
Anyway, this should be pretty easy, especially if you have the LM hash
and not only NT hash).
> But there is a "#" in the Password.
This is no problem.
> How does that work with the password list? Isn't the "#" the sign for 
omments?
No, only wordlist lines starting with "#!comment" (a 9-character
equence) are treated as comments.
Alexander


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.