02-03-2024, 12:11 AM
A common mistake with sha512sum is using echo without removing the newline with -n.
As you can see, this hash matches the one on the example page. As for brute forcing 9 characters, you can use a mask attack such as:
For more info: https://hashcat.net/wiki/doku.php?id=mask_attack
Code:
$ echo -n hashcat | sha512sum
82a9dda829eb7f8ffe9fbe49e45d47d2dad9664fbb7adf72492e3c81ebd3e29134d9bc12212bf83c6840f10e8246b9db54a4859b7ccd0123d86e5872c1e5082f -As you can see, this hash matches the one on the example page. As for brute forcing 9 characters, you can use a mask attack such as:
Code:
hashcat -m 1700 -a 3 YourHashHere ?d?d?d?d?d?d?d?d?d