Rule Based Attack

https://hashcat.net/wiki/doku.php?id=rule_based_attack

Rule Based Attack

• The most complicated attack mode
• Too many rules, some seems not that useful
• Slower than using pre-built dictionary

Hashcat performance option

$ hashcat -w <NUM>

hashcat  -w option test

(higher the better)

-w option

• higher the better
• cpu usage is nearly the same
• not sure about power comsuption