Password Cracking with John the Ripper : Single, Wordlist, and Incremental Mode Deep Dive

Master John the Ripper: A Comprehensive Guide to Password Cracking
Discover the power of John the Ripper, a world-renowned password cracking tool. In this tutorial, we'll dive deep into three essential cracking modes: Single Crack, Wordlist, and Incremental.
Single Crack: Learn how to quickly crack individual passwords using known hashes.
Wordlist Mode: Explore the efficiency of using pre-generated wordlists to find matches.
Incremental Mode: Understand the brute-force approach of systematically trying every possible combination.
Whether you're a cybersecurity enthusiast or a professional penetration tester, this video will equip you with the knowledge to effectively use John the Ripper for password recovery and security assessments.
Disclaimer
This video is strictly for EDUCATIONAL purposes only.
All the attacks were performed in a controlled lab environment using an isolated private network of virtual machines
The presenter is not responsible for any misuse of the information presented in this video and does not support any malicious hacking activities.
Hacking Passwords is a CYBER CRIME. DO NOT TRY THIS on Systems for which you don’t have permission

[@SatishCJ]

2:08 j9T in the hash string represents a cost factor that translates into number of iterations that are used as part of the hash function. 15 is a sample value mentioned in the video.

[@giuseppedevito3926]

How does john handle the salt that is added to the original pass and then hashed?