Starter Questions

[squaredroot]

Yeah...I saw that article before. It's what initially got me interested in hashcat. Another n00b question about the article though...what exactly is a fingerprinting attack? I mean...I understand the overall goal is to crack passwords (obviously), but what about that methodology makes it a "fingerprinting attack"? Is it similar to a hybrid attack on a password hash?

Thanks for the help. It's all great info! I love reading about this stuff...so much to learn.