Show HN: I Dedicated 4 Years to Mastering Offline Password Cracking

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Show HN: I Dedicated 4 Years to Mastering Offline Password Cracking.

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In my experience, it is quite literally the most capable tool available for offline password cracking across a wide range of use cases.I have spent the last 4 years (from age 14 to 18) extensively working with Hashcat and the tools surrounding it, and I have documented what I have learned throughout that time (since January 18, 2022) in my first book.

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One example was the introduction of GPU support for Argon2 and other memory-hard password hashing algorithms, which significantly changed some cracking workflows.My passion for this book, or its "quick starter," if you will, came from an ethically conducted penetration test I performed with full authorization at my school.

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This is something I am both hesitant and quite proud to acknowledge.At the beginning, I simply wrote down everything I...

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