Hashcat And John The Ripper

Hashcat is a high-speed password cracking tool that utilizes GPU acceleration and surpasses John the Ripper in terms of speed. While Hashcat does not support the yescript algorithm, it offers several mask generation engines accessible through `apt`. In contrast, John the Ripper initially provides limited formats but can be expanded using `john-jumbo` for additional options. Markov chain-based rainbow table generators are beneficial for cracking passwords with discernible patterns.

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Hashcat does not support yescript, which is a very slow hashing algorithm developed by some member in JtE. It can crack common password hashes quickly with GPU.

There are plenty of mask generation engines for hashcat. Find them with apt.

John the Ripper only provides few formats by default. To get more formats, install john-jumbo instead.

If the password somehow follows a pattern, use Markov chain based rainbow table generator.