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Rule file (very common 'complex' passwords) - dantux - 01-25-2014
I work in a corporate environment at a helpdesk; In my experience, when users are required to enter a password containing at least:
- A capital letter
- A number
- a special character
90% of them do it this way:
Xxxxxn!
That means: they choose a name starting with capital letter, add a number and then put the exclamation mark. Attached is a rule file I generated to cover all the passwords of this format with numbers from 0 to 9999 with and without 'zero padding'. I'm new to hashcat and maybe there is a better way to do this (the file has many entries). But if it's deamed worthy maybe can be added to the hashcat release along with the other rules.
RE: Rule file (very common 'complex' passwords) - atom - 01-29-2014
Hey, is it really 90% the ! character? Thanks for the rule!
RE: Rule file (very common 'complex' passwords) - dantux - 01-29-2014
Well... I never measured the percentage
, but the "!" character for some reason is the first one that comes to mind to most people when asked to provide "a special character".
RE: Rule file (very common 'complex' passwords) - Mem5 - 01-29-2014
? too
RE: Rule file (very common 'complex' passwords) - ati6990 - 02-20-2014
hmm what about the others & / ...
RE: Rule file (very common 'complex' passwords) - curlyboi - 02-24-2014
In Czech republic, the @ is particulary popular
RE: Rule file (very common 'complex' passwords) - ati6990 - 02-25-2014
i modify 10 versions of the rule file , but ! works the best for me, thanks a lot for this cool innovation *G