Other tools available in Kali

There are other useful tools found in Kali. We have limited the list to utilities that assist with compromising host systems accessing web application servers. There are other password cracking tools available in Kali not shown in this list; however, the focus of those tools is out of scope for this text.

Hash-identifier

Hash-identifier is a Python utility used to identify hash types. Most password cracking tools such as John the Ripper include a auto-detection function for hashes which are very good and probably 90 percent accurate. This utility can be used to verify a hash type manually. To use Hash-identifier, run the utility and paste it in a copy of the hash.

The following screenshot shows an output of a hash:

dictstat

dictstat is a Python script utility used for password cracking results analysis or for a regular wordlist analysis. dictstat will analyze results and provide masks for brute-forcing password combinations that have already been cracked. This will...