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Published inFeb 2024
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ISBN-139781835888544
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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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PACK - Password Analysis and Cracking Kit 
Tool Author: Peter Kacherginsky (iphelix)
Lastly, let’s take a quick look at a couple other useful password tools. PACK is a collection of tools for advanced password analysis and cracking. PACK makes it very easy to analyze statistics and create masks and rules. 
     git clone https://github.com/iphelix/pack.git
Analyzing a cracked wordlist for patterns and statistics:
     python2 statsgen.py crackedwl.txt
You can use the tools from the PACK kit to creating masks from wordlists:
     statsgen.py crackedwl.txt -o crackedwl.masks
     maskgen.py crackedwl.masks --occurrence -q -o crackedwl.hcmask
(You can also use, “--targettime” to limit cracking times)
You now have a file that contains cracking masks for hashcat:
This returns a huge number of masks, and as you can see...
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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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