[plug] john the ripper

[Cameron Patrick]

William Kenworthy wrote:

> HI, I am running john the ripper on a shadow file with 6 passwords and I
> am up to 11 1/2 days using an athlon 2500+
> 
> 1. how long could I expect it to take until finish?

It'll never finish, it keeps trying random passwords after it's
exhausted the dictionary attack.

> 2. if its an infinite/near infinite time, how long is considered
> adequate?

Half an hour or so on a 2GHz Athlon last year revealed several weak
passwords on people's PLUG accounts.

Cheers,

Cameron.