Assignment-1

This is a small program to study how dictionary attacks are done.

How to run the program ?

1. Open terminal type 'make', all the C files are compiled.

2. Type ./unshadow SHADOW-FILE PASSWD-FILE

   This command will combine the shadow file and passwd file to create an unshadow file.

3. Type ./guessword UNSHADOW-FILE DICTIONARY-FILE This command finds the username and passwords and stores in allcrackedpasswords.txt

4. Type vim allcrackedpasswords.txt This command is used to view the cracked passwords list

Files included are :

SHADOW-FILE : training-shadow.txt PASSWD-FILE : training-passwd.txt

UNSHADOW-FILE : passwordfile.txt DICTIONARY-FILE : top250.txt

Cracked (username:password)-file : allcrackedpasswords.txt