Momothechi@htb[/htb]$ john –incremental <hash_file>
Trying multiple combinations of characters from the character set.
Most effective but also most time consuming.
works best when
- When we know what the password might be.
all possible ccombinations of the password starting with the shortest
-> much faster than bruteforce.
Incremental Mode generates the Passwords on the fly and not from list.
CAREFUL
- Standard mode only a-zA-Z0-9 - need to specify if we want special chars,