Password Cracking

Password Cracking - 1

Where can you find a password hash on a Linux machine?

/etc/shadow

/etc/passwd

/etc/password

/root/shadow

/etc/shadow

In the following output which part shows the type of hashing algorithm used? yan:$6$G5ljlxBnflx0WLsl$o56boi3FFdKqCYdwex6P1bW2UgBsZboyNIuJ1WrICZN3aD/ydp3kd8M9eTqiwUYL8QHjPUJAAceGDYvBLncDf0:19369:0:99999:7:::

what is the flag used by Hashcat to denote the hashing algorithm id?

--algorithm

-f

--format

-m

What part of a computer is utilised to increase password cracking speeds?

GPU

RAM

CPU

Cache

GPU

What level of privilege is needed to read user hash values on Linux

root

user

admin

etc

root

Which of the following is not a commonly used hashing algorithm id

$b$

$1$

$7$

$y$

$b$

what is the name of the file used by cracking tools to store a password hash and the corresponding password value?

potfile

rainbow table

hash table

there isnt a file name

potfile

What does the hashcat flag --user do?

shows the username next to a cracked password

runs hashcat as a normal user

shows user privilege level details

there is no --user flag

shows the username next to a cracked password

which flag is used by JTR to define the hashing algorithm to be used?

-F

--format

--hash

--algorithm

--format

what type of hashing algorithm uses the id $6$

NTLM

SHA-512

SHA1

BeCrypt

SHA-512

Exit

Confirm Answers