bruteforce

A program that gives an idea how fast brute forcing can be in optimal conditions. You supply a password you want to have cracked and it will calculate how long it takes to bruceforce.

build instructions

1. git clone https://github.com/GerbenAaltink/bruteforce.git
2. cd bruteforce
3. make bruteforce
4. ./bruteforce [a password]

• by just running the make file without any arguments, it will crack a password that can take around 26 hr. This password is "raetaoaor".

performance

It cracks "zzzz" withing 25ms. on a decade old laptop (x270).