Is it even possible?

[usefkat]

Is it possible to crack a 10 characters password given that it will only be made out of lower and uppercase english letters?

[radix]

yes

[usefkat]

yes

how much time would it take at 10million words per second and lastly what character set includes ?l and ?u in one set?

thx for fast replies

[rsberzerker]

Well, the character set is 26+26 = 52. Ten characters is 52^10 = 144,555,105,949,057,024 possible passwords. At 10m/sec (which is very low depending on the hash), ~458 years.

BUT...10m/sec is low for many types of hashes*, even using a cpu. Also, wordlists, if it is based on a dictionary word, are many times more efficient than brute forcing it.

As for the mask, just use a variable, e.g. -2 ?l?u ?2?2?2?2?2?2?2?2?2?2

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*Many, but not all. Depends on the hash.

[usefkat]

Well, the character set is 26+26 = 52. Ten characters is 52^10 = 144,555,105,949,057,024 possible passwords. At 10m/sec (which is very low depending on the hash), ~458 years.

BUT...10m/sec is low for many types of hashes*, even using a cpu. Also, wordlists, if it is based on a dictionary word, are many times more efficient than brute forcing it.

As for the mask, just use a variable, e.g. -2 ?l?u ?2?2?2?2?2?2?2?2?2?2

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*Many, but not all. Depends on the hash.

well thx before i get possibly too annoying, i am having trouble making the mask.
An example of the password i am trying to crack would be 22-aBcdEfgGid I do not know where the caps will be nor what the number at the start is
so far i have ?d?d"-"<the salt> how do i mask the salt?

[usefkat]

Ok i got the hang of the mask and now it says i need to wait 10 years -.-

[usefkat]

Sorry for spamming but is there a way to ask hashcat to crack on the first digits and not the salt? because it seems i can make use of -m 1410 which says Sha256(pass.salt) i only want the first 2 numbers what do i do?

[rsberzerker]

If you have the hash, you should have the salt too. Hashcat (and oclhashcat), given the right -m parameter, will automatically use the salt. You don't need to crack that.

[undeath]

You can not partly recover hashes.

[usefkat]

If you have the hash, you should have the salt too. Hashcat (and oclhashcat), given the right -m parameter, will automatically use the salt. You don't need to crack that.

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Enli[/align]ghten me brother ! :O how do i get the salt out of a hash?