Description
John the Ripper is an open-source password security auditing and password recovery tool. It auto-detects hash types and supports multiple cracking modes.
Installation
BASH
sudo apt install john
Basic Usage
BASH
# Auto-detect hash
john hash.txt
# Specific format
john --format=raw-md5 hash.txt
# With wordlist
john --wordlist=rockyou.txt hash.txt
# Show cracked
john --show hash.txt
Advanced Usage
BASH
# Format examples
john --format=bcrypt hash.txt
john --format=raw-sha256 hash.txt
# List supported formats
john --list=formats
# Rules
john --wordlist=rockyou.txt --rules hash.txt
# Single crack mode
john --single hash.txt