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Package: john (1.7.3.1-1)

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

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  • dep: john-data (= 1.7.3.1-1)
    active password cracking tool - character sets
  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.3) [amd64, hppa, i386, mips, mipsel]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.4) [armel, powerpc, s390]
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.6) [sparc]
  • dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.3) [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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Architecture Package Size Installed Size Files
amd64 200.6 kB532 kB [list of files]
armel 172.7 kB472 kB [list of files]
hppa 226.4 kB528 kB [list of files]
i386 277.9 kB784 kB [list of files]
ia64 322.0 kB796 kB [list of files]
mips 236.1 kB588 kB [list of files]
mipsel 229.8 kB584 kB [list of files]
powerpc 219.6 kB532 kB [list of files]
s390 211.7 kB536 kB [list of files]
sparc 201.6 kB516 kB [list of files]