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# BozoCrack
BozoCrack is a depressingly effective MD5 password hash cracker with almost zero CPU/GPU load. Instead of rainbow tables, dictionaries, or brute force, BozoCrack simply *finds* the plaintext password.

It works way better than it ever should.


## How?
Basic usage:
`$ ruby bozocrack.rb my_md5_hashes.txt`

Example with output:
```
$ ruby bozocrack.rb example.txt
Loaded 5 unique hashes
fcf1eed8596699624167416a1e7e122e:octopus
bed128365216c019988915ed3add75fb:passw0rd
d0763edaa9d9bd2a9516280e9044d885:monkey
dfd8c10c1b9b58c8bf102225ae3be9eb:12081977
ede6b50e7b5826fe48fc1f0fe772c48f:1q2w3e4r5t6y
```


## Why?
To show just how bad an idea it is to use plain MD5 as a password hashing mechanism. Honestly, if the passwords can be cracked with *this software*, there are no excuses.


## Who?
BozoCrack was written by [Juuso Salonen](http://twitter.com/juusosalonen), the guy behind [Radio Silence](http://radiosilenceapp.com) and [Private Eye](http://radiosilenceapp.com/private-eye).


## License
Do whatever you wish. Public domain, yadda yadda.

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