Hash types when the actual number of threads is greater than 1. Starting with version 1.7.7, this setting is ignored for OpenMP-enabled This setting does not affect John's startup timeĪnd non-cracking invocations of John it only affects the actual Impact on performance of John itself is negligible except on otherwise Thereby greatly reducing its impact on other system processes. If set to 'Y' (yes), John will try to use idle processor cycles only, Named 'password.lst' in John's 'home directory'. The default is '$JOHN/password.lst', that is, the file Set this to your wordlist file name, to be used in batch mode (which isĪctivated when you start John with password files, but not specifying aĬracking mode). Some global options can be defined in the section. Comment lines start with a hash character ('#') Section and variable namesĪre not case sensitive. (names of such sections start with 'List.'). Or of some other content specific to the particular section's type SectionsĬonsist either of 'variable = value' assignments (each on its own line) Starts with a line containing its name, in brackets (''). The configuration file consists of several sections. Rules, define parameters for 'incremental' modes, or even define a new You can set global options, define wordlist and 'single crack' mode Not found in the private directory and John is installed system-wide,Īlso in John's system-wide shared data files directory.

This file is searched for in private John's 'home directory' and, if Notion of filename 'extensions' and limit them to 3 characters). nf (on Unix-like systems) or john.ini (on systems which have a

The configuration file can be named either John the Ripper's behavior can be customized by editing itsĬonfiguration file. Hash Suite - Windows password security audit tool.

John the ripper github