Noob: SHA1 problem

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First, welcome to the hashcracking world!

You should be able to find the answer to your question both within the --help output or the hashcat wiki (especially https://hashcat.net/mask_attack ).

Hint (assuming the file charsets/Sha1.hcchr contains "qwinQWIN*+~@580%(=}[" - without quotes - within the first line):

Code:

hashcat64.exe -m 100 -a 3 --custom-charset1 charsets/Sha1.hcchr Hash.txt ?1?1?1?1?1?1?1?1

that means with --custom-charset1 (or short -1, minus one) you define a new set of characters and with the mask ?1?1?1?1?1?1?1?1 you use your previously defined custom charset (and tell hashcat that it should use the length 8, otherwise you need to use --increment --increment-min x --increment-max y and a mask that is at least the length of y - the increment-max value )

The answer to the question about where to put the hash file should be available here (first lines of --help):

Code:

Usage: hashcat [options]... hash|hashfile|hccapfile [dictionary|mask|directory]...

Thanks Philsmd

I found the password with ease.