> Does anyone know the best way to execute john the ripper against freebsd > password files? I'm testing the strength of my own passwords and have > never > used this software for. The way it looks to me, I need to obtain a > dictionary file, or pound on the keyboard to have john start guessing > passwords.
you will need a merged (old style) password file to give john, and i believe there are some easy programs you can run as root to accomplish this (although i don't know their names off hand). What i mean is generally these days most unix like systems have a password file without actual password hashes in them that are world readable, and a separate file/db containing the password hashes for each account that is only readable by root. they must be merged into one file for john to crack. then i think it's a simple as typing 'john passwordfile' if you want brute force rather than dictionary. Aaron _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
