John the Ripper

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John the Ripper

http://www.openwall.com/john/
Detects weak passwords

John the Ripper is a fast password cracker, currently available for many flavors of *nix (11 are officially supported, not counting different architectures) and other platforms. Its primary purpose is to detect weak Unix passwords. It supports several crypt(3) password hash types which are most commonly found on various *nix flavors. Several other hash types are added with contributed patches.





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Notes

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Janet Casey

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19 September 2003




Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)Role
Alexander Peslyak Maintainer


Resources and communication

AudienceResource typeURI
Bug Tracking,Developer,SupportE-mailmailto:solar@openwall.com


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