Hashcat can use a video card, CPU, or both for brute-force.

To be more precise, this is an offline brute-forcer (online brute-forcers perform the attack by connecting to network services, and offline crackers work with captured hashes (files) to which they guess a password).Įven if you are already familiar with Hashcat (and even more so if you are NOT familiar with Hashcat), you need to learn how John the Ripper works, since they are different. John the Ripper is a popular password cracker that is capable of brute-force using both the CPU and the video card and supports many algorithms.

1.11 Compilation difference with AVX2 and AVX for John the Ripperģ. How to start cracking passwords in John the Ripper (how to specify masks, dictionaries, hashes, formats, modes)Ĥ. Practical examples of John the Ripper usageĦ. How to brute force non-standard hashes