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Message-ID: <20260531145923.GA28977@openwall.com>
Date: Sun, 31 May 2026 16:59:23 +0200
From: Solar Designer <solar@...nwall.com>
To: john-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Your NTLM test hash matches my real SAM hash – coincidence ?

Hi,

On Fri, May 29, 2026 at 03:33:18PM +0200, Gilles Desvilles wrote:
> >I extracted my Windows SAM with
> >
> >pypykatz registry --sam SAM --security SECURITY system
> >
> >and got NTLM = 51e3e145a42e9a0bcf6090e4428a574d
> >
> >That's exactly the example hash used in John the Ripper 
> >documentation/tests.

I think you're mistaken.  I don't see the hash above anywhere in our
source tree, and searching the web for it now finds just your posting.

If you do see it somewhere in our documentation/tests, please let us
know where exactly.

Thanks,

Alexander

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