tips on cracking SHA1 hash

[ninjahhash]

Thanks so it is english letters.

How do I use a wordlist + rules?  Can you give an example?

Im thinking the first letter could be capital or a number, so how would I do that as a mask?

?H?wordlist

SHA1 hash with salt

First, choose the right mode, speed is not the same for all:

Code:

110 sha1($pass.$salt)
120 sha1($salt.$pass)
130 sha1(utf16le($pass).$salt)
140 sha1($salt.utf16le($pass))

minimise the keyspace

To achieve that, you need to have hints about charset (a-z A-Z etc)/ keyboard used ? For example, a russian keyboard is not the same as an English or a Spanish one. Any weird letters?
If you don't have any clues, I would go for wordlists + rules. If it is really random, you'll need to go for a brutefroce.