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Published inFeb 2024
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Daniel W. Dieterle
Daniel W. Dieterle
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Daniel W. Dieterle

Daniel W. Dieterle, with over 20 years in IT, has evolved from a system and network support role to a dedicated Computer Security Researcher and Author. His expertise, honed in diverse environments like corporate data centers and Ivy League schools, is reflected in his Kali Linux-based books, widely used globally for security training in universities, government, and private sectors. He has contributed to numerous technical books, articles, and security training classes, and is passionate about mentoring newcomers in the field.
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Hashcat Attack Types
The -a option allows you to designate the attack mode type. Hashcat has multiple attack modes and you need to specify which one you want to use. The only time it is not necessary to use it is if you are doing a Single wordlist or straight mode attack. 
The available attack types include:
0 = Straight
1 = Combination
3 = Brute-force
6 = Hybrid Wordlist + Mask
7 = Hybrid Mask + Wordlist
Straight: Single wordlist attack. Each word in the wordlist will be used against each password hash. You can also use Rules in this mode.
Combination: Combines words from separate wordlists to create new words on the fly.
Brute-force: Enter your own combination of characters, numbers & symbols or use Mask attacks to automated guesses. For example: ?u?l?s?d?a (upper, lower, symbol, decimal, all) would attempt to crack passwords like, “Aa!0a” to “Zz|9z” and everything in-between. You can also use “?b” for binary (00-ff...
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Password Cracking with Kali Linux
Published in: Feb 2024Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781835888544

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Daniel W. Dieterle

Daniel W. Dieterle, with over 20 years in IT, has evolved from a system and network support role to a dedicated Computer Security Researcher and Author. His expertise, honed in diverse environments like corporate data centers and Ivy League schools, is reflected in his Kali Linux-based books, widely used globally for security training in universities, government, and private sectors. He has contributed to numerous technical books, articles, and security training classes, and is passionate about mentoring newcomers in the field.
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