MaskAttack Increment Error

[optikali]

Per https://hashcat.net/wiki/doku.php?id=mask_attack

"A Mask attack is always specific to a password length. For example, if we use the mask ”?l?l?l?l?l?l?l?l” we can only crack a password of the length 8. But if the password we try to crack has the length 7 we will not find it. Thats why we have to repeat the attack several times, each time with one placeholder added to the mask. This is transparently automated by using the ”--increment” flag."

This works:

Code:

./hashcat-cli64.bin -m 131 -a 3 -o recovered.txt hashmssql.txt ?u?d?s

This does not:

Code:

./hashcat-cli64.bin -m 131 -a 3 -o recovered.txt hashmssql.txt ?u?d?s --increment

Generates error:

Code:

unrecognized option '--increment'

Am I simply misunderstanding the syntax needed, or something more fundamental?

Thank you!

[epixoip]

cpu hashcat doesn't have an increment switch, as increment is always on.

[atom]

that's right, just let me add this: you can turn it off by setting --pw-min to the same value as --pw-max

[optikali]

Ah, got it. Thank you epixoip and atom.