Wordlist Mode | Dictionary attack
./john --wordlist=password.lst hashfile
Dictionary attack using default or specific rules
./john --wordlist=password.lst --rules=rulename hashFile
./john --wordlist=password.lst --rules mypasswd
Mangling Rules Mode (hybrid)
./john --wordlist=password.lst – rules: hashfile
Incremental mode (Brute Force)
./john --incremental hashFile
./john --incremental hashfile External mode (use a program to generate guesses) ./john --external: hashfile
Loopback mode (use POT as wordlist)
./john --loopback hashFile
./john --loopback hashfile Mask mode (read MASK under /doc) ./john --mask=?1?1?1?1?1?1?1?1 -1=[A-Z] hashfile -min-len=8
Hybrid Mask mode
./john -w=password.lst - mask='?l?l?w?l?l' hashfile
Mask bruteforce attack
./john --mask=?1?1?1?1?1?1 --1=[A-Z] hashFile --min-len=8
Dictionary attack using masks
./john --wordlist=password.lst -mask='?l?l?w?l' hashFile
Markov mode (Read MARKOV under /doc)
---First-generate-Markov-stats:
./calc_stat wordlist markovstats
---Then-run:
./john -markov:200 -max-len:12 hashfile --mkv-stats=markovstats
Prince mode (Read PRINCE under /doc)
./john --prince=wordlist hashfile
Most modes have Maxlen=13 in John.conf but it can be overwritten with