John the Ripper Password Cracking

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Crack password hashes efficiently.

Authorzebbern
Version1.0.0
Installs0

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What problem does it solve?

This Skill helps you recover lost or forgotten passwords by cracking password hashes and encrypted file passwords, crucial for security audits and credential recovery.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Hash Cracking: Supports various cracking modes (single, wordlist, incremental) for common hash types.
  • File Encryption: Extracts hashes from various file formats (ZIP, RAR, SSH keys, etc.) for cracking.
  • Use Case: You have a list of user hashes from a compromised system and need to determine the plaintext passwords to assess the impact of the breach.

Quick Start

Use the John the Ripper skill to crack the provided hash file 'hashes.txt' using the 'rockyou.txt' wordlist.

Dependency Matrix

Required Modules

None required

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💻 Claude Code Installation

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Please help me install this Skill:
Name: John the Ripper Password Cracking
Download link: https://github.com/zebbern/SecOps-CLI-Guides/archive/main.zip#john-the-ripper-password-cracking

Please download this .zip file, extract it, and install it in the .claude/skills/ directory.
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