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What is John the Ripper and How Does it Work?

Tech20202021-01-26T12:13:56+00:00Categories: Computer & Network Concepts|Tags: Brute Force Attack, cryptocurrency wallets, Dictionary attack, Encrypted private keys, GNU-licensed, Incremental, John the Ripper, Kali, Linux, Network traffic captures, Password, Password Checker, Rainbow tables, Rapid7, SSH, Unix, Wordlist|

John the Ripper is a free password cracking software tool. It was designed to test password strength, brute-force encrypted (hashed) passwords, and crack passwords via dictionary attacks. John the Ripper is a part of the Rapid7 family of penetration testing/ hacking tools. Also, John is already installed on Kali Linux. First, we advocate for ethical [...]