NTLM vs WPA/WPA2 cracking

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Well, the thing is, hashcat does obviously not check the candidates but the input words, which is a significant difference. And only performing the check on the input words does not achieve any of the things you claim.

imagine:

Code:

$ cat wordlist
password
$ cat rule.rule
]]

So in the end the input word is not rejected and you try the invalid candidate which you claim should be avoided at all cost.