Proof of concept for class, crack default Unix hash and salt encryption given attacker has /etc/passwd .

In response to my discussion post this is a good reason to use shadow and insure your users are educated about strong passwords, and certainly not using a dictionary word.

the file password.txt is representative of info in the /etc/passwd file there is the user Imma Victim who has used a dictionary word "egg" for her password, and there is root who has not.

the file dictionary.txt is a word list, a real attacker would aquire a much more comprehensive list allong with a collection of common passwords.

the code works by using the dictionary.txt file to encrypt each dictionary word, to find a match in the encryption.

Hope you like it.