Ampasamp

A minimal password sampler.

Overview

This C# application will (optionally randomly) sample compliant passwords from a file according to a task specified as a JSON file. Multiple policies can be sampled at once at identical sample sizes. C# is used because I wanted to write this fast and use it from Windows.

Building

Build this application like any other Visual Studio 2017 project. Remember, though, that you'll need to target x64 processors if you want to sample from huge banks

Usage

Briefly, use the program like this:

./Ampasamp.exe -t mytask.json -d mypasswordlist.txt

There really aren't that many options to get to grips with.

Option	Shorthand	Required?	Description
--database	-d	Yes	The full password database to use.
--task	-t	Yes	The task file to execute.
--help	N/A	No	Displays the help screen.

Bear in mind that this is going to write a bunch of files to your working directory. If there are any in there with the same name expect them to be overwritten without warning. Names take the following form:

{% task.Name %}_{% policy.Name %}_{% task.Sample %}.{% format.Extension %}

So a policy called basic16 under a task called mytask with a sample size of 1000 with output format coq will generate a file called:

mytask_basic16_1000.v

Tasks

Commented for clarity, the task file format looks like this (remove comments before using this, comments aren't valid JSON):

{
  "name": "MySamplingTask", // The name of the task.
  "sample": 10000, // The number of passwords to sample under each policy.
  "output": "plain", // The format of any output, can be "plain", "json" or "coq".
  "cullNonAscii": true, // If set to true, removes any passwords containing non-ASCII characters.
  "cullNonPrintable": true, // If set to true, removes any passwords containing non-printable ASCII characters.
  "randomizeInitial": true, // If set to true, randomizes the data before collecting any samples.
  "randomizeEachSample": false, // If set to true, randomizes the data after collecting each sample..
  "deduplicate": false, // If set to true, removes all duplicates before sampling.
  "policies": [ // A collection of policies to sample according to.
    {
      "name": "Basic8", // The name of the policy.
      "length": 8, // The minimum password length allowed by the policy.
      "uppers": 0, // The minimum number of uppercase characters in passwords allowed by the policy.
      "lowers": 0, // The minimum number of lowercase characters in passwords allowed by the policy.
      "digits": 0, // The minimum number of digits characters in passwords allowed by the policy.
      "others": 0, // The minimum number of non-alphanumeric characters in passwords allowed by the policy.
      "classes": 0, // The minimum number of character classes present in passwords allowed by the policy.
      "words": 0, // The minimum number of words in passwords permitted under the policy.
      "Repetitions": -1, // The maximum number of times a character in a password can be repeated.
      "Consecutives": -1, // The maximum number of times a character in a password can vary from its predecessor by one code point.
      "Dictionary": null // The file path of the dictionary to use for the dictionary check.
    }
  ],
}

Credits

For any contributions not recognised below, please open an issue. A maintainer will resolve the issue as soon as possible.

• Software: Saul Johnson @lambdacasserole
• Dictionaries: Alexander Peslyak a.k.a. Solar Designer (see Licensing)

Licensing

Licensed under the MIT license, with the exception of the wordlists under /Ampasamp/Dictionaries which have their own license (included, can also be found here) and readme.

Resources

For password lists, Daniel Miessler's SecLists is an exceptional resource.