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	It's always worthwhile to check the easy passwords, like '12345678' and 'password', to potentially save yourself a lot of time. Lists of common passwords are available on the web, but one good one I like is SecLists on GitHub https://github.com/danielmiessler/SecLists		It's always worthwhile to check the easy passwords, like '12345678' and 'password', to potentially save yourself a lot of time. Lists of common passwords are available on the web, but one good one I like is SecLists on GitHub https://github.com/danielmiessler/SecLists

	==~~Using Raw Wordlists to Generate~~ Passwords==		==Generating Passwords==

	[[John the Ripper]] is an excellent password cracker, but it is also good at generating passwords from wordlists. You can use some canned command line options to make it try no variations, some variations, or go hogwild, but you can also be more precise and give it rules for things to try.		[[John the Ripper]] is an excellent password cracker, but it is also good at generating passwords from wordlists. You can use some canned command line options to make it try no variations, some variations, or go hogwild, but you can also be more precise and give it rules for things to try.
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	The wordlists generated by Cewl are useful to feed to John the Ripper to come up with longer lists of passwords to try.		The wordlists generated by Cewl are useful to feed to John the Ripper to come up with longer lists of passwords to try.

	~~See~~ [[John the Ripper/Password Generation]]		Notes on generating passwords from wordlists with John the Ripper: [[John the Ripper/Password Generation]]

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	More on processing the output of Cewl to make wordlists more useful: [[Cewl/Wordlists]]		More on processing the output of Cewl to make wordlists more useful: [[Cewl/Wordlists]]

			==Obtaining Password Lists==

			It's always worthwhile to check the easy passwords, like '12345678' and 'password', to potentially save yourself a lot of time. Lists of common passwords are available on the web, but one good one I like is SecLists on GitHub https://github.com/danielmiessler/SecLists

	==Using Raw Wordlists to Generate Passwords==		==Using Raw Wordlists to Generate Passwords==

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	The wordlists generated by Cewl are useful to feed to John the Ripper to come up with longer lists of passwords to try.		The wordlists generated by Cewl are useful to feed to John the Ripper to come up with longer lists of passwords to try.

			See [[John the Ripper/Password Generation]]

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	More on processing the output of Cewl to make wordlists more useful: [[Cewl/Wordlists]]		More on processing the output of Cewl to make wordlists more useful: [[Cewl/Wordlists]]

			==Using Raw Wordlists to Generate Passwords==

			[[John the Ripper]] is an excellent password cracker, but it is also good at generating passwords from wordlists. You can use some canned command line options to make it try no variations, some variations, or go hogwild, but you can also be more precise and give it rules for things to try.

			The wordlists generated by Cewl are useful to feed to John the Ripper to come up with longer lists of passwords to try.

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	More on processing the output of Cewl to make wordlists more useful: [[Cewl/Wordlists]]		More on processing the output of Cewl to make wordlists more useful: [[Cewl/Wordlists]]




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	==Generating Raw Wordlists==		==Generating Raw Wordlists==

	You can create a raw wordlist using [[Cewl]]. You ~~basically~~ feed it a URL, and it ~~will traverse links and build a wordlist~~ from the ~~results of the page~~. Be patient, and choose your max depth wisely ~~(especially when using Wikipedia)~~.		You can create a raw wordlist using Cewl. You feed it a URL, it crawls the page, and it builds wordlists from the result. Be patient and choose your max depth wisely.

	~~Also, Wikipedia is great for generating wordlists for sportsball fans, in case you're clewless about that stuff, like me.~~		More information on basic usage of Cewl: [[Cewl]]

	~~<pre>~~
	~~$ cewl -v https~~:~~//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle -d 1 -w seattle.txt~~
	~~</pre>~~

	More on processing the output of Cewl to make wordlists more useful: [[Cewl/Wordlists]]		More on processing the output of Cewl to make wordlists more useful: [[Cewl/Wordlists]]

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	$ cewl -v https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle -d 1 -w seattle.txt		$ cewl -v https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle -d 1 -w seattle.txt
	</pre>		</pre>

			More on processing the output of Cewl to make wordlists more useful: [[Cewl/Wordlists]]

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	==Generating Raw Wordlists==		==Generating Raw Wordlists==

	You can create a raw wordlist using [[Cewl]]. You basically feed it a URL, and it will traverse links and build a wordlist from the results of the page.		You can create a raw wordlist using [[Cewl]]. You basically feed it a URL, and it will traverse links and build a wordlist from the results of the page. Be patient, and choose your max depth wisely (especially when using Wikipedia).

			Also, Wikipedia is great for generating wordlists for sportsball fans, in case you're clewless about that stuff, like me.

			<pre>
			$ cewl -v https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle -d 1 -w seattle.txt
			</pre>

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	The tricks are all related to how you pick your wordlist.		The tricks are all related to how you pick your wordlist.

			==Generating Raw Wordlists==

			You can create a raw wordlist using [[Cewl]]. You basically feed it a URL, and it will traverse links and build a wordlist from the results of the page.