pw-inspector - A tool to reduce the password list

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  OPTIONS  SETS  SEE ALSO  AUTHOR 

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NAME

pw-inspector − A tool to reduce the password list

SYNOPSIS

pw-inspector [−i FILE] [−o FILE] [−m MINLEN] [−M MAXLEN] [−c MINSETS] −l −u −n −p −s

DESCRIPTION

PW-Inspector reads passwords in and prints those which meet the requirements. The return code is the number of valid passwords found, 0 if none was found. Use for security: check passwords, if 0 is returned, reject password choice. Use for hacking: trim your dictionary file to the pw requirements of the target. Usage only allowed for legal purposes.

OPTIONS

−i FILE

file to read passwords from (default: stdin)

−o FILE

file to write valid passwords to (default: stdout)

−m MINLEN

minimum length of a valid password

−M MAXLEN

maximum length of a valid password

−c MINSETS

the minimum number of sets required (default: all given)

−h, −−help

Show summary of options.

SETS

	−l		lowcase characters (a,b,c,d, etc.)
	−u		upcase characters (A,B,C,D, etc.)
	−n		numbers (1,2,3,4, etc.)
	−p		printable characters (which are not −l/−n/−n, e.g. $,!,/,(,*, etc.)
	-s		special characters − all others not withint the sets above

SEE ALSO

hydra(1), xhydra(1).

AUTHOR

hydra was written by van Hauser / THC <[email protected]> and co-maintained by David Maciejak <[email protected]>.

This manual page was written by Daniel Echeverry <[email protected]>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).

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