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Message-ID: <566543B2.9010808@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2015 09:30:42 +0100
From: Albert Veli <albert.veli@...il.com>
To: john-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Origin of the .pot file extension
I have wondered about this too. Maybe it is a reference to the pot at
the end of the rainbow? Or is it an inheritance from the old unix crack
software?
On 2015-12-06 23:09, Matt Weir wrote:
> This is a bit off topic, but I was wondering if there was any story
> surrounding choosing '.pot' as the file extension for JtR's cracked
> password file? I assume the 'P' stands for password but I'm stumped when it
> comes to the 'ot'.
>
> Matt
>
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