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PW-INSPECTOR
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 30/01/2011
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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/-p, 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 <vh@thc.org> and co-maintained by David Maciejak <david.maciejak@gmail.com>.
This manual page was written by Daniel Echeverry <epsilon77@gmail.com>,
for the Debian project (and may be used by others).
Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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- SETS
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- SEE ALSO
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