Re: John the Ripper
On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 22:45, Mike McClain <mike.junk@nethere.com> wrote:
> I've had John running since Jan '08 and it's yet to break my password.
> Admittedly the password is non-trivial being 13 characters, mixed
> upper and lower case, numbers and punctuation but I keep expecting
> John to send me a note saying it's been cracked since John runs
> six hours each night and my computer is on at night more often than
> not.
> Is there some further configuration necessary to John installed with
> apt-get before it will crack normal Debian passwords?
> BTW, this is a mostly stock Etch system.
With a password like that, I don't think there is much chance
of it finishing in your lifetime (unless you upgrade to a quantum
processor at some point).
Cheers,
Kelly Clowers
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