John the Ripper Update

Using John the Ripper on Lubuntu


Create a detectable MD5 hash

openssl passwd -1 password  (use this instead)

Incremental Scan using John auto detect format
sudo john --incremental=ASCII  pass.txt

Default mode attack on the localhost password list
sudo john /etc/shadow


Add a salt if desired

openssl passwd -1 -salt rty  password

The John configuration file is located here:

/etc/john 

The location of john's default word list is /usr/share/john/password.lst

Crack with specified wordlist bypass autodetect format 

john password_sha1.txt -w=password.lst