02-13-2017, 05:13 PM
Today, I did a little experiment between hashcat 3.10 and oclhashcat 2.01.
This test was decided upon because I had been noticing of late how long
hashcat 3.10 was taking to complete a specific task.
I ran a bruteforce on 961 md5 hashes and the results not only surprised me
but backed up my theory.
In the first test I ran it for 4 hours and it reached a completion of 8.21%. Using the
same hcmask and computer, I ran the same file again using a previous version of
hashcat, and it took less than 3 hours to surpass the same target. 8.35% complete.
Can someone explain this phenomenon?
This test was decided upon because I had been noticing of late how long
hashcat 3.10 was taking to complete a specific task.
I ran a bruteforce on 961 md5 hashes and the results not only surprised me
but backed up my theory.
In the first test I ran it for 4 hours and it reached a completion of 8.21%. Using the
same hcmask and computer, I ran the same file again using a previous version of
hashcat, and it took less than 3 hours to surpass the same target. 8.35% complete.
Can someone explain this phenomenon?