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Package: john (1.7.2-3)

active password cracking tool

john, mostly known as John the Ripper, is a tool designed to help systems administrators to find weak (easy to guess or crack through brute force) passwords, and even automatically mail users warning them about it, if it is desired.

It can also be used with different cyphertext formats, including Unix's DES and MD5, Kerberos AFS passwords, Windows' LM hashes, BSDI's extended DES, and OpenBSD's Blowfish.

Tags: Implemented in: C, User Interface: Command Line, Role: Program, Scope: Utility, Security: Authentication, Purpose: Checking

Other Packages Related to john

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  • dep: john-data (= 1.7.2-3)
    active password cracking tool - character sets
  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) [not alpha, ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
  • dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.7-1) [alpha, ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb
  • dep: libssl0.9.8 (>= 0.9.8f-5)
    SSL shared libraries

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alpha 209.3 kB520 kB [list of files]
amd64 174.3 kB476 kB [list of files]
arm 158.8 kB436 kB [list of files]
armel 153.9 kB432 kB [list of files]
hppa 194.1 kB476 kB [list of files]
i386 245.4 kB720 kB [list of files]
ia64 267.6 kB688 kB [list of files]
mips 199.3 kB524 kB [list of files]
mipsel 196.6 kB520 kB [list of files]
powerpc 191.6 kB480 kB [list of files]
s390 185.6 kB484 kB [list of files]
sparc 177.3 kB472 kB [list of files]