John the Ripper Pro is available for a number of operating systems. This web page describes the Mac OS X revision of John the Ripper Pro.
On Mac OS X, the features currently specific to Pro versions are:
On Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) and newer, you additionally get:
- Pre-built and well-tested native package (dmg), which may be installed the usual way - no need to compile
- Universal binary that will run on both Intel and PowerPC Macs, making use of SSE2 and AltiVec acceleration, respectively
A non-AltiVec version is also included for users of older PowerPC-based Macs- A large multilingual wordlist optimized specifically for use with John the Ripper (4,106,923 entries, 43 MB uncompressed) is included in the package, and John the Ripper is pre-configured for its use
- The included documentation is revised to be specific for the given package on Mac OS X rather than generic, making it easier to understand
- Native support for 64-bit capable Intel CPUs within the Universal binary, which makes use of 64-bit mode extended SSE2 for even better performance
- Official support for Windows NTLM (MD4-based) and Mac OS X 10.4 - 10.6 salted SHA-1 hashes, in addition to all hash types supported by the free version (please see below for a full list)
- XPWDUMP tool, which dumps password hashes from Mac OS X systems for subsequent auditing/cracking
- As a bonus, the full source code is also provided
John the Ripper Pro 1.7.3.1
John the Ripper is a fast password cracker. Its primary purpose is to detect weak Unix passwords
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