An attacker uses John the Ripper to crack a password file. The attacker issued the ~$ john –list=formats command in Kali Linux. Which information is the attacker trying to find?
- the password file format
- the ciphertext formats supported by the current version
- the command line format to crack a password file
- the output format supported by the current version
| Explanation & Hints:
John the Ripper is a popular tool for offline password cracking. John the Ripper can use search patterns and password files (or wordlists) to crack passwords. It supports different cracking modes and understands many ciphertext formats. To list the supported formats, the attacker can use the john –list=formats command. |