Greetings, fellow adventurer! Welcome to Scaredy-Kite Heights, the trailhead of the trek through the mountains on the way to the wonderful Squarewheel Yard!
I'm Eve Snowshoes, resident tech hobbyist, and I hear Alabaster is in quite the predicament.
Our dear Alabaster forgot his password. He's been racking his jingle bells of memory with no luck.
I've been trying to handle this password recovery thing parallel to this hashcat business myself but it seems like I am missing some tricks.
So, what do you say, chief, ready to get your hands on some hashcat action and help a distraught elf out?
When we open the terminal, we are actually given everything we need. All we have to do is enter the hash and the dictionary. We only need to specify the appropriate hash mode for ASREP hashes. After a short time, the password is already cracked.
hashcat --force -m 18200 -w 1 -u 1 --kernel-accel 1 --kernel-loops 1 hash.txt password_list.txt
elf@5caf6bc49991:~$ /bin/runtoanswer
What is the password for the hash in /home/elf/hash.txt ?
> IluvC4ndyC4nes!
Your answer: IluvC4ndyC4nes!
Checking....
Your answer is correct!
Eve Snowshoes now says
Aha! Success! Alabaster will undoubtedly be grateful for our assistance.
Onward to our next adventure, comrade! Feel free to explore this whimsical world of gears and steam!