10-07-2016, 02:25 PM
Maybe this makes it more clear:
Code:
root@ht:~/hashcat# echo -n password | iconv -f utf8 -t utf16le | xxd
00000000: 7000 6100 7300 7300 7700 6f00 7200 6400 p.a.s.s.w.o.r.d.
root@ht:~/hashcat# echo -n password | iconv -f utf8 -t utf16le | openssl dgst -md4
(stdin)= 8846f7eaee8fb117ad06bdd830b7586c