Pyrit attack_db dictionary attack problem

Hi all,

I am currently facing problems with pyrit and the attack_db.

i currently have around 1.6 billion passwords uploaded to the database.

I also have the ESSID uploaded and the WPA2 handshake that i am using (cleaned file).

When i run the attack it starts but then suddenly stops within a second with 'password not found'

I have also uploaded the real password to the database and still nothing, pyrit will not even attempt the attack.

What am I doing wrong? Do i need to run BATCH?

Or can i create my own database. upload the passwords and avoid BATCH?



Any help would be great.

Thank you all

If you've uploaded passwords and essids into pyrit, you must run batch to have pyrit calculate the PMKs (pairwise master keys).

You can verify this by running pyrit eval. If you have batch processed the database, you'll see a list of essids and password counts.

There's a good tutorial on pyrit at https://code.google.com/p/pyrit/

Hi grid thank you for your reply.

If i create the database, add an essid, and then run batch. Would i have to run batch for each wpa handshake file that i have to crack? As with a 1.6 billion wpa wordlist that could take days to run batch?

Thank you

if this can be a help or input for you:
tutorial of pyrit website:
http://postimg.org/image/3l9s5ekg5/

to be more fast....:
http://postimg.org/image/6julb5ekp/

No problem jacke4123.

You need to batch process pyrit's database for each combination of handshake & essid. For your big password list, it will take some time. As zimmaro mentions, pyrit supports CUDA on certain video cards, which will dramatically speed up your batch process time.

Thanks everyone for your replies.

If i have to batch process every essid, would it just be best to just stick to convert file to hash and run oclHashcat with a good/multiple GPU's for dictionary attacks, in terms of speed? Or am i missing something here with pyrit?

Thanks everyone

I haven't used oclHashcat, but I would assume if you have a compatible GPU, pyrit or oclHashcat would work, with maybe just minor differences in speed. Just depends on your preference.

Pyrit has always worked well for me

a more time ago i made a LITTLE test for forum & post it (only for statistic) pyrit(cuda) VS cudaHashcat...
http://postimg.org/image/u88pjzj6v/full/