Rule generation vs Attack Method?

[Snoopy]

see princeprocessor (pp) for combinung up to X words from a given list, use pp to feed hashcat over pipe (there is a nice overview in the second link)

https://github.com/hashcat/princeprocessor
https://reusablesec.blogspot.com/2014/12...rince.html

rules dont "generate" passwords but modify them, next thing yes, you will gain no boost in hashrate when doing rules on cpu but this doesnt matter in an older thread i tried different attacks, combinator, dict + rules and bf with scrypt, result was always the same speed

to check your attack use --stdout before like this
pw.txt

Code:

a b c 1 2 3

and a rule.txt with just T0 inside (toogle first char)

Code:

pp64.exe --elem-cnt-min=3 --elem-cnt-max=3 < pw.txt | hashcat.exe --stdout -r rule.txt

this will result in output like this (shortened), these are your generated passwords, 3 elements (min,max) and with first char toggled

Code:

Ca3 1a3 2a3 3a3 Ab3 Bb3 Cb3 1b3 2b3 3b3 Ac3 Bc3 Cc3 1c3 2c3 3c3 A13 B13