CRcracken·Nov 23, 2021Submission
Show HN: Cracken – A Data Driven Approach for Password Generation
10 points · Open discussionshmuelamar
cracken
Rust2021–2021
shmuelamar / cracken
cracken
a fast password wordlist generator, Smartlist creation and password hybrid-mask analysis tool written in pure safe Rust
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2Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
382GitHub stars
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a fast password wordlist generator, Smartlist creation and password hybrid-mask analysis tool written in pure safe Rust
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HN mentions by 6-hour interval2 dated mentions
Observed mentions: 2021-11-18 21:31:57 UTC to 2021-11-23 11:35:10 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 18:00 | 2021-11-18 18:00:00 UTC | 2021-11-19 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 19, 00:00 | 2021-11-19 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-11-19 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19, 06:00 | 2021-11-19 06:00:00 UTC | 2021-11-19 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19, 12:00 | 2021-11-19 12:00:00 UTC | 2021-11-19 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19, 18:00 | 2021-11-19 18:00:00 UTC | 2021-11-20 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 20, 00:00 | 2021-11-20 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-11-20 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 20, 06:00 | 2021-11-20 06:00:00 UTC | 2021-11-20 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 20, 12:00 | 2021-11-20 12:00:00 UTC | 2021-11-20 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 20, 18:00 | 2021-11-20 18:00:00 UTC | 2021-11-21 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 21, 00:00 | 2021-11-21 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-11-21 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 21, 06:00 | 2021-11-21 06:00:00 UTC | 2021-11-21 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 21, 12:00 | 2021-11-21 12:00:00 UTC | 2021-11-21 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 21, 18:00 | 2021-11-21 18:00:00 UTC | 2021-11-22 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 22, 00:00 | 2021-11-22 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-11-22 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 22, 06:00 | 2021-11-22 06:00:00 UTC | 2021-11-22 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 22, 12:00 | 2021-11-22 12:00:00 UTC | 2021-11-22 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 22, 18:00 | 2021-11-22 18:00:00 UTC | 2021-11-23 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 23, 00:00 | 2021-11-23 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-11-23 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 23, 06:00 | 2021-11-23 06:00:00 UTC | 2021-11-23 12:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
2 sourcesCracken: A fast password wordlist generator written in pure safe rust
3 points · Open discussion