02-25-2013, 11:38 AM
using -n 160 -u 1024 will yield better performance than the defaults, yes.
if the password is in the dictionary you're using, then of course dictionary would be faster than brute force. checking more plains per second doesn't necessarily translate into "faster."
but as far as acceleration goes, hashcat uses an on-gpu plaintext candidate generator, so brute force can be accelerated more than dictionary attacks can. you will have to use rules to get full performance with dictionary attacks.
if the password is in the dictionary you're using, then of course dictionary would be faster than brute force. checking more plains per second doesn't necessarily translate into "faster."
but as far as acceleration goes, hashcat uses an on-gpu plaintext candidate generator, so brute force can be accelerated more than dictionary attacks can. you will have to use rules to get full performance with dictionary attacks.