What rules for this possible password ?
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Hello guys,

So I have this old Word 2003 file that I forgot the password of.

TheĀ 2 good news are :
  • My RTX 2070 can try more than 200 million passwords per second on the hash
  • I remember more or less how I composed the password, and if I can setup the correct rules, the number of combinations to try is not so high

The 2 bad news are :
  • I know the password is very long
  • The possible combinations are a bit complex, and I don't know how to setup the rules in hashcat

That's for the last point that I could really use your help guys.

I know the password is probably a combination of 2 words among 4, let's say :
  • Apple
  • Orange
  • Carrot
  • Peach

Each of those words probably start with a capital letter, but maybe not.

And :
  • A few numbers, probably put at the end, like 31444 or 45333
  • A special character, like _ probably put at the beginning and the end, but also possibly between the words

Now the 1 million $ question : how do you setup an attack that smartly manage these parameters to make it feasible to recover the password ? Smile
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What rules for this possible password ? - by lionbladerunner - 09-11-2022, 10:56 AM