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Message-ID: <CAN3PJWggt0OQ325y8TJF=w=jgRdSsi0539aWRx=BUTO2M-RzFQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 May 2015 10:05:48 -0400
From: Yulong <yyl.dev@...il.com>
To: john-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Question on showing number of guesses tried

Got it; will check it out. Thanks! The explanation is very helpful!

On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 4:10 AM, magnum <john.magnum@...hmail.com> wrote:

> On 2015-05-06 06:33, Yulong wrote:
>
>> thanks for the detailed explanation! I was able to obtain the batch info
>> and also the logs you mentioned in later email. I used still the 1.8.0
>> jumbo1, not build from bleed.
>>
>> 0:00:00:09 + Cracked ? as candidate #45219840
>> 0:00:00:23 + Cracked ? as candidate #96829440
>> 0:00:00:24 + Cracked ? as candidate #103858176
>>
>> Mine is very close to yours, although it didn't print out the actual
>> cracked password.
>>
>
> Have a look at LogCrackedPasswords in john.conf. In fact, have a look at
> all available john.conf comments as well as most documentation files. If
> you're doing research, you should get to know your tools. Some Jumbo
> options are specifically added for doing research.
>
>  One thing I am still not clear is, so now the number is #
>> of candidates tried, is it equivalent to # of guesses, or # of word from
>> the wordlist? The two things might be different because one word from
>> wordlist could produce many guesses based on different rules.
>>
>
> It's the candidate tried. If you use wordlist without rules, it's the same
> as "# of word from the wordlist" except your version will show #0 for
> any/all candidates in the first batch.
>
> magnum
>
>


-- 
Best,
Yulong

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