v 0.49 increment min equivalent
#1
For the moment, I'm stuck with v.49 and can't use the --increment option. I wish to force Hashcat to start at a minimum of 8 character passkey, and not work it's way up from a 1 character ->8 character passkey. Is there an equivalent option to do this? Thanks.
#2
Read the --help
#3
Or read this (I wrote it myself!):

Make yourself a mask file. So if you start at 8, and want to go up to 10, try

?u?l?l?l?l?l?l?l
?u?l?l?l?l?l?l?l?l
?u?l?l?l?l?l?l?l?l?l

(for example)
Put that in a file, and use the path to it instead of sepcifying your mask in the command.
#4
hashcat doesn't support hcmask files, only oclHashcat.
#5
Latest hashcat version does support hcmask
#6
Oh, must have missed that change. Never mind then Smile