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Best approach when knowing several words in a long passphrase? - mpadderson - 05-06-2016
Hey all,
I remember several words used in my passphrase, just not the order they're in, nor the case used. I also know that I used two special characters at the end (I know which they are) just not sure what order either. For example, if I know the following is used in the beginning for a fact:
dogsheep1234crayon
and the rest contains some combination of upper/lower alpha mixed in with some numbers and ending with special characters -
Would it be best to use a custom mask straight-away at it as such:
--status -a 3 -w 3 -m 11300 ../forgotten.hash -1 ?u?l -2 ?d?l?u??'#$' ?1ogsheep1234?1crayon?2?2?2?2?2?2?2?2?2?2?2?2?2?2?2?2?2?2?2?2?2
Or better to throw 'dog' 'sheep' and 'crayon' in a list and somehow run through permutations including trying alphanumeric + special char through each iteration?
Thanks a lot,
MP
RE: Best approach when knowing several words in a long passphrase? - undeath - 05-06-2016
if you need to brute-force more than seven characters don't even start.