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Password cracking tools.

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If look to password cracking competitions:

 * http://contest-2015.korelogic.com/teams.html

 * http://contest-2014.korelogic.com/teams.html

 * http://contest-2013.korelogic.com/teams.html

 * http://contest-2012.korelogic.com/teams.html

 * http://contest-2011.korelogic.com/teams.html

most used software are:

 * Hashcat suite

 * John the Ripper

  http://hashcat.net/hashcat/

    CPU based.

  http://hashcat.net/oclhashcat/

    GPU based.

How to create crack archive?

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Use zip/rar. With rar you can use password protection.

Along with content provide these files:

 * .nfo - crack team logo, info about content, enjoy greeting.

 * .url - internet shortcut file.

 * FILE_ID.DIZ - plain text file containing brief content description of the

   archive in which it is included.

.nfo

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Old .nfo use code page 437. New .nfo file use ISO-8859-1/ISO-8859-15 or

Unicode UTF-8 characters.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.nfo

   .nfo

.url

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Internet shortcut file. Content like this:

  [InternetShortcut]

  URL=http://example.com/

  http://www.cyanwerks.com/file-format-url.html

    An Unofficial Guide to the URL File Format, 3ed

FILE_ID.DIZ

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FILE_ID stands for "file identification". DIZ stands for Description In

Zipfile.

  http://www.textfiles.com/computers/fileid.txt

    v1.9 spec

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FILE_ID.DIZ

    FILE_ID.DIZ

Crack intro.

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A crack intro, also known as a cracktro, loader, or just intro, is a small

introduction sequence added to cracked software, designed to inform the user

of which "cracking crew" or individual cracker was responsible for removing

the software's copy protection and distributing the crack.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_intro

    Crack intro

  http://www.defacto2.net/cracktros.cfm

    Hundreds of cracktros, loaders and installers for the PC