configs/arch-config/Dokumente/Hashcat-testing.md

Hashcat

Benchmark performance

hashcat --benchmark

Wordlists

Cracking

hashcat -a 0 -m 0 <inputfile>.txt -o passwords.txt <path/to/wordlist>.txt --disable-potfile

Useful options

-a [num]: attack mode
-m [num]: hash type
-D [num]: openCL device to use. Multiple are separated with commas.

Generate md5 hash

Also outputs the hash into a file.

openssl passwd -1 > <file>.txt