Restore File Questions

[mastercracker]

hi,

I have a few questions about the recent feature added in oclHashcat-plus, the restore session feature.

1. If I start an attack with a session name "MD5" like this:

oclhashcat-plus32.exe -m 0 -n 400 --session=MD5 -a 0 md5.txt dict.txt

then I abort the attack by pressing "q".

all the details related to the status are stored in the restore file.

2. now, I delete the existing md5.txt file and replace it with a new one, which has fewer hashes than the original one. lets say, original file initially had 100 hashes, in previous session, 20 got cracked. so 80 remaining.

now, I replace it with a file containing 60 hashes.

if I restore the session now:

oclhashcat-plus32.exe --restore --session=MD5

will the restore still work?

will it resume the attack from the previous wordlist position where it left and continue or again start from the beginning of the hash list?

For sure, it does not "start from the beginning of the hash list" since all the hashes are loaded every time but it's still a good a question. I doubt that the hash list would be saved with the restore file so it will probably continue from where you stopped the attack with the new hash list. Just try it, if it says 80 hashes loaded then I am wrong. If it says 60 hashes loaded then I am right.