MN623 Password Cracking | Assignment

Running head: PENETRATION TESTING
MN623
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PENETRATION TESTING 1
Table of Contents
Password Cracking.....................................................................................................................2
THC hydra:.................................................................................................................................2
John the ripper:...........................................................................................................................5
Importance of Penetration Testing tools:...................................................................................8
Attributes of Penetration Testing Tools:....................................................................................9
References................................................................................................................................10

PENETRATION TESTING 2
Password Cracking
The cracking of password is the procedure to recover the passwords from the
information and data that have been stored or broadcasted by a computer system. A very
common method is to guess passwords and then check the passcodes against the
cryptographic hash of that is available. The main aim of the password cracking can be a help
to the user in order to recover a password that is forgotten, in order to gain admittance that is
unauthorized to a computer system or to act as a measure that is preventive where the
administrators of systems check for passwords those are easily crack able [one]. Based on file
to file, the cracking of passwords is used in order to gain admittance to digital evidence. The
best platform for penetration testing is Kali Linux is a distribution of Linux that is derived
from Debian. It is generally designed for digital forensics and penetration testing. It is funded
and maintained by offensive security. Kali Linux has programs of penetration testing those
are preinstalled consisting of Armitage, Nmap, Wireshark, John the ripper and many more
[two]. Kali Linux has a set of project those are dedicated for compatibility and porting to
specific devices of android. It is an open source android platform of penetration testing. The
Kali Linux has a forensic mode that is used for the forensic usage. The specification of the
software is 10 GB hard disk and minimum of 2048 GB of RAM. The two tools that will be
discussed in this paper are THC hydra and John the ripper.
THC hydra:
THC hydra is one of the popular most password cracking tools. It is available in kali
linux. A GUI version of the tool is also available for better understanding; the commands of
the tool are as follows:
Hydra info:

PENETRATION TESTING 3
Hydra brute force command: