Actually, I think I see.
I had messed up my command?
Should have been:-
./hashcat -m 2500 handshake.hccapx -a 3 -1 ABCDEFGHJKMNPQRTUVWXY346789 ?1?1?1?1?1?1?1?1
So as you say, where I had missed the 1 off the end on my original command, the mask was too short so HC hasn't bothered as it's less than the minimum WPA2 password length.
I couldn't see my mistake no matter how hard I looked the other day. Feel a bit silly now, but at least it's put my mind to rest what was going on there.
I had messed up my command?
Should have been:-
./hashcat -m 2500 handshake.hccapx -a 3 -1 ABCDEFGHJKMNPQRTUVWXY346789 ?1?1?1?1?1?1?1?1
So as you say, where I had missed the 1 off the end on my original command, the mask was too short so HC hasn't bothered as it's less than the minimum WPA2 password length.
I couldn't see my mistake no matter how hard I looked the other day. Feel a bit silly now, but at least it's put my mind to rest what was going on there.