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Message-ID: <20060319190712.GA28342@openwall.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 22:07:12 +0300
From: Solar Designer <solar@...nwall.com>
To: john-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: rules help
On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 08:46:24PM +0200, O??uz Yar??mtepe wrote:
> Hi. I didnt undestand the rules exactly.
> In signle mode lets say i want to check 123456
>
> How can i write it as a rule?
You don't. This example has nothing to do with rules, and it has
nothing to do with "single crack" mode.
If you want "123456" tried as a candidate password, you simply make sure
that it is present in your wordlist - and you run the wordlist mode (or
batch mode).
> What does <- means?
I'm not sure I understand what you're referring to here. If you're
asking what the two characters "<-" mean in a rule, then the meaning is
to reject "words" being processed if they're shorter than the maximum
supported password length for the current hash type by more than 2
characters. The "<" command is defined as follows (quoting doc/RULES):
<N reject the word unless it is less than N characters long
Character position and length codes (such as N in the above command) are
specified as:
0...9 for 0...9
A...Z for 10...35
* for max_length
- for (max_length - 1)
+ for (max_length + 1)
Here max_length is the maximum plaintext length supported for the
current hash type.
So if you're running John against traditional DES-based hashes, which
are limited to 8-character long passwords, then "<-" will be rejecting
anything shorter than 7.
The uses for this functionality are subtle. I don't think you seriously
wanted to ask about it if you're just learning what rules are for.
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