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Message-ID: <20130313011119.GA18927@openwall.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 05:11:19 +0400
From: Solar Designer <solar@...nwall.com>
To: john-dev@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: formats that duplicate dynamics
Dhiru, magnum - what's the status on the below. This is a blocker for
making a new jumbo release.
On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 07:11:50AM +0400, Solar Designer wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 08:31:11AM +0530, Dhiru Kholia wrote:
> > On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 8:05 AM, Solar Designer <solar@...nwall.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > The "postgre" format at the very least needs to be renamed from the
> > > ridiculous "postgre" to "postgres". This includes the filename,
> > > FORMAT_LABEL, and the "$postgre$" prefix string.
> >
> > If these changes are final, they will also involve sending a small
> > patch to Ettercap project.
>
> Unless anyone suggests a different kind of rename/action (and we agree
> on that), yes - we'll likely end up making the above changes.
>
> It is possible that the prefix string will need to be changed to a
> $dynamic_*$, though.
>
> > Do you want to do these changes before the upcoming release?
>
> Definitely.
>
> > > However, there's a more general issue: can't the same be implemented as
> > > a dynamic format?
> > > This general issue probably applies to several other formats as well,
> > > including e.g. "mongodb".
> >
> > I promised to use dynamic format where I could and I did
> > (htdigest2john.py is an example).
>
> In those cases, we should also be documenting those dynamics prominently
> as being usable for the well-known things that they can be used to crack.
> This includes setting their names visible in --test accordingly.
>
> > I will see if the above mentioned formats can be implemented using
> > dynamic format.
>
> OK. Thanks!
>
> Alexander
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