Password Wordlist question

[inet10]

Hi,

I want to create a password wordlist of about lets say 1000 passwords and of length about 15.

I would prefer to use John the Ripper but I don't know how to set it to create only, for example, a 1000 passwords. I do know the length setting and charset setting.

Or would it be better to use another program of some kind?



Thanks.

[lupin]

Assuming the password list generated by john is passwordfile.txt, get the first 1000 entries and output to new_passwordfile.txt like so:

cat passwordfile.txt | head -n 1000 > new_passwordfile.txt

[inet10]

Thanks.

Also, how can I randomize the password list when creating it so it won't for example start with?

00001
00002
00003

etc etc

[lupin]

Try the following (untested):

cat passwordfile.txt | sort -R | head -n 1000 > new_passwordfile.txt

[inet10]

No I mean how can I do that with john the ripper for example or another password list creation program.

I know crunch for example does it 00001, 00002, 00003 etc etc.

[lupin]

You will only accept an answer if its done entirely using a password list creation program??? Why does it matter how the process gets done as long as it gets done?

Did you have some criteria in mind to use in including/excluding items from your arbitrarily sized list that you haven't shared with us?