John The Ripper John The Ripper has the coolest name on our Concise Courses 2013 Security Pentesting Tools list! John the Ripper was written by Black Hat Pwnie Winner Alexander Peslyak. This very popular security tool, often abbreviated just to “John” is a free password cracking software tool. Originally created for the UNIX operating system, it currently works on every major operating system. By far, this tool is one of the most popular password testing and breaking programs used by information security professionals. The pentesting tool combines various password crackers into one concise package which is then able to identify password hash types through its own customizable cracker algorithm. openwall/john/
Posted on: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 12:47:11 +0000
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