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- John the Ripper -- Changes History
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- Changes from v1.5 to v1.6
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- * Batch mode: easier to use.
- * Kerberos AFS passwords support.
- * WinNT passwords support (LM hashes only).
- * Idle priority support on Linux.
- * Rule reject flags: can reject entire rules on condition.
- * New utility: 'unique' (removes duplicated lines without re-ordering).
- * New options: '-stdout', '-status'.
- * GNU-style long options support.
- * New make targets for AIX, HP-UX, IRIX.
- * Bug and portability fixes, and new bugs.
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- Changes from v1.4 to v1.5
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- * Everything is re-coded, to be far more extendable, more portable (no
- GNU C extensions used, unless __GNUC__ is defined), and more readable.
- * Bitslice DES routines: up to 3 times faster on RISC.
- * BSDI's extended DES-based ciphertext format support.
- * OpenBSD's Blowfish-based ciphertext format support.
- * Special assembly DES routines for x86 with MMX: +30% on a Pentium II.
- * Improved MD5 routines (both C and x86 assembly), 10...50% faster.
- * Smarter length switching in incremental mode.
- * Wordlist rules are now expanded while cracking, not at startup.
- * New options: '-session', '-groups'.
- * Simplified the syntax of '-users', '-shells', '-salts'.
- * Replaced '-noname' and '-nohash' with '-savemem'.
- * Replaced '-des' and '-md5' with '-format'.
- * Removed some obsolete options, to keep the thing simple.
- * Added 'continue', 'break', 'return' to the built-in compiler.
- * You can now use C comments in external mode definitions.
- * Better default rule sets: variable length limit, less redundancy.
- * Many internal algorithm improvements.
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- Changes from v1.3 to v1.4
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- * MD5-based password files support.
- * SPARC V8 assembly DES routines.
- * A lot of bugfixes.
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- Versions earlier than v1.3 are probably not worth mentioning here now...
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