--increment option

[mmerkenhof]

Hi philsmd,

thank you for your reply.
i will try your advice, as i said i am new to this so i haven't explored all options yet.

thanks again for your advice and links.

Greetings,

M

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yes, your hcmask file should look like this:

Code:

?l
?l?d
?l?l?d
?l?l?l?d
?l?l?l?l?d
?l?l?l?l?l?d
?l?l?l?l?l?l?d
?l?l?l?l?l?l?l?d
?l?l?l?l?l?l?l?l?d

references:
https://hashcat.net/wiki/doku.php?id=mas...mask_files
https://hashcat.net/wiki/doku.php?id=fre..._mask_file

BTW: mask attack is normally not the best strategy to crack a hash, except if you know that the password was NOT human choosen (it's a very random password) or if you already tried other attack modes like dictionary attack with rules etc