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John the Ripper AIX Password Cracker

This module uses John the Ripper to identify weak passwords that have been acquired from passwd files on AIX systems.


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Authors

  • TheLightCosine < thelightcosine [at] gmail.com >
  • hdm < hdm [at] metasploit.com >

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Usage Information

$ msfconsole

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msf > use auxiliary/analyze/jtr_aix
msf auxiliary(jtr_aix) > run


Module Options

JOHN_BASE The directory containing John the Ripper (src, run, doc)
JOHN_PATH The absolute path to the John the Ripper executable
VERBOSE Enable detailed status messages
WORKSPACE Specify the workspace for this module