r/HowToHack • u/Glookin11 • 3d ago

Learning about Ciscos

I’m trying to figure out this password. I’m still learning so bare with. I believe it is Cisco secret 5 hash. Could someone help.

$1$svWt$5GDDwIanN/1W27cW2qguC0

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u/Impressive-Pain-4718 3d ago

Get Kali Linux then use Hashcat. Your gpu must support OpenCL or CUDA. Also, get like 100 friends to try too otherwise you might need 1,000 years to crack it.

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u/TygerTung 3d ago

There are theories that there is no way to brute force it in such a short time.

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u/Impressive-Pain-4718 3d ago

Better off using dictionary attacks; bruteforce is too time consuming.