Re: Etc/shadow file and john

[Dave Spencer <spencer.dave () gmail com>]

I tend to use rainbow crack and l0phtcrack, with the full hashing
tables on windows, but john is probably the best for linux.
What is the problem with john, is it not running or can it just not crack it?

On 7/27/05, Sherwyn Williams <sherwill22 () tmail com> wrote:
> I am doing an assesment for passwords on a network, after getting the
> password file I piped the output to a text file, tried to run that
> against John and can't get any luck with the program. Do anyone here
> uses any other password programs, and is there a better format than a
> text file to store the out of the etc/shadow when trying to get the
> passes.
> Sherwyn Williams
> Technical Consultant
> Sherwill22 () tmail com