Note that you can still have full cracking speed even with a static prefix mask for slow hashes like WPA by using a pipe.
Full speed test:
With a pipe example (make sure to write the prefix backwards):
Full speed test:
Code:
root@ht:~/hashcat# ./hashcat -b -m 2500
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Speed.Dev.#1.....: 62363 H/s (81.34ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:32 Thr:1024 Vec:1
With a pipe example (make sure to write the prefix backwards):
Code:
root@ht:~/hashcat# ./hashcat -a 3 ?a?a?a! --stdout | ./hashcat -m 2500 hashcat.hccapx -j '^h ^s ^a ^h' -w 3
hashcat (v4.1.0-29-g547025ec) starting...
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Starting attack in stdin mode...
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Speed.Dev.#1.....: 62680 H/s (81.33ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:32 Thr:1024 Vec:1
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a895f7d62ccc3e892fa9e9f9146232c1:aef50f22801c:987bdcf9f950:8381533406003807685881523:hashcat!
Status...........: Cracked