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Date: Thu, 9 May 2013 14:07:29 -0400
From: Brad Tilley <brad@....us>
To: john-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Cracking "Correct Horse Battery Staple" in JtR

On Thu, May 09, 2013 at 01:57:25PM -0400, Matt Weir wrote:
> I was wondering if there was a built in way to crack "random word"
> passwords in JtR. For example Diceware generated passwords, or
> http://xkcd.com/936/
> 
> In the past I've used a custom script combined with JtR's -stdin option to
> combine words from a dictionary but it would be nice if there was a
> ruleset, (I'm not sure if the Memory access rules could accomplish this),
> or an external mode that could do this.
> 
> Thanks,
> Matt

Hey Matt,

Like you, I have used -stdin (or -pipe), to try and crack pass phrases. I know this does not answer your question, but I wanted to let you know that you are not alone and to say hello to a fellow VT alum ;)

Take care,

Brad

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