hashcat has to read through wordlist when using restore or --skip
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Maybe this could be a possible speed improvement for hashcat with using restore or --skip:

Been running a 3-4 day run with a 157 GB wordlist the initial restore/--skip part takes 15+ mins to restore due to having to READ through the huge wordlist, (I'm currently at 82% so A LOT of reading). I run every day for ~10 hours as I have solar panels so does not cost me anything to run, but does mean I have to restore a previous session.

Seems pointless when the .restore file could also store the byte position in the wordlist file so, instant start basically with a simple change.

He could even store the byte position every 5% in the .dictstat2 file so, when using --skip, it can work out the lower % and skip straight to it, then read upto the --skip value, easy and FASTER!

Seem feasable?

FYI, if you want to download the 157 GB wordlist, find it below in 7zip chunks:

http://share.blandyuk.co.uk/wordlists/huge/
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hashcat has to read through wordlist when using restore or --skip - by blandyuk - 05-07-2020, 10:25 AM