2. John the Ripper

Description:
John the Ripper is a popular password cracking tool used for Unix-based systems. It supports many hash types and password formats, including traditional Unix passwords, Windows LM hashes, and more.

Examples:

• 1. Basic Password Cracking:
     • john hashfile.txt

Explanation: Attempts to crack the password hashes stored in hashfile.txt using default settings and dictionaries.

• 1. Specify a Wordlist:
     • john –wordlist=rockyou.txt hashfile.txt

Explanation: Uses the rockyou.txt wordlist to attempt cracking the hashes in hashfile.txt.