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| author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-17 08:04:28 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-17 08:04:28 +0000 |
| commit | 6504f7fe43e9264a110527374f4bbe20f8e0004d (patch) | |
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Adding upstream version 2:2.6.1.upstream/2%2.6.1
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/misc/dict_search/README b/misc/dict_search/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fc6aa44 --- /dev/null +++ b/misc/dict_search/README @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +Simple example how to use libcryptsetup +for password search. + +Run: crypt_dict luks|tcrypt <device|image> <dictionary> [cpus] + +luks|tcrypt specified device type (LUKS or TrueCrypt) + +<device|image> is LUKS or TrueCrypt device or image + +<dictionary> is list of passphrases to try +(note trailing EOL is stripped) + +cpus - number of processes to start in parallel + +Format of dictionary file is simple one password per line, +if first char on line is # it is skipped as comment. + +For LUKS, you have it run as root (device-mapper cannot +create dmcrypt devices as nrmal user. Code need +to map keyslots as temporary dmcrypt device.) + +For TrueCrypt devices root privilege is not required. |