Document Password Recovery Master [Experience Sharing] Running hashcat to Crack Password Symbol Type Parameter Settings
I know that there is only one dot in the password type symbol . How do I set the type of . plus numbers? How can I avoid setting it separately so that it runs all symbols by default, which is a waste of computing power?
If the dot (.) can appear anywhere in the password and the rest are numbers, you can use a custom mask to cover all possible positions. Assuming a password length of 6 (i.e., 5 digits and 1 dot), you can generate the following mask combination:
Example: A password length of 6 contains a dot and 5 digits
.? d? d? d? d? d? d.? d? d? d? d? d? d.? d? d? d? d? d? d.? d? d? d? d? d? d.? d? d? d? d? d? d.
In hashcat, you can save these masks in a file, such as mask.txt, and then use that file for mask attacks:
hashcat -m <hash-type> -a 3 hash.txt -m 3 mask.txt
Description
-a 3: mask attack mode.mask.txt: The file containing each mask combination.-i: Optional parameter for incremental mode, which can be added if the password length is not fixed.<hash-type>: Your hash type number.
This method ensures that all number combinations containing a dot are covered.