Hello, I've just released a new version of John the Ripper, it is available at: http://www.false.com/security/john/ John the Ripper is a UNIX password cracker, currently available for UNIX, DOS, WinNT/Win95. Version 1.5 has been tested with Linux x86/Alpha/SPARC, FreeBSD x86, OpenBSD x86, Solaris 2.x SPARC and x86, Digital UNIX. There's also a generic make target that should work on most other UNIX systems. Out of the box, John supports (and autodetects) the following ciphertext formats: standard and double-length DES-based, BSDI's extended DES-based, FreeBSD's (and not only) MD5-based, and OpenBSD's Blowfish-based -- with my own optimized routines for all of them. Changes from v1.4 to v1.5 --------------------------- * Everything is re-coded, to be far more extendable, more portable (no GNU C extensions used, unless __GNUC__ is defined), and more readable. * Bitslice DES routines: up to 3 times faster on RISC. * BSDI's extended DES-based ciphertext format support. * OpenBSD's Blowfish-based ciphertext format support. * Special assembly DES routines for x86 with MMX: +30% on a Pentium II. * Improved MD5 routines (both C and x86 assembly), 10...50% faster. * Smarter length switching in incremental mode. * ...And a lot of other changes, see doc/NEWS. Signed, Solar Designer
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