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Message-ID: <4255c2570907230856o34ceb9e3hcb0f2a3e822362d3@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:56:36 -0600
From: RB <aoz.syn@...il.com>
To: john-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Average c/s numbers

On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 05:54, ISSCP Security<security@...cp.com> wrote:
> Can someone tell me what are average c/s numbers?

This is in doc/FAQ, line 146: "combinations (of username and password)
per second"

> Also is there a way to calculate what the c/s numbers "should" be for a specific PC config?

No, because it's dependent on the specific job: unique salts, cipher,
number of hashes, etc.

> Lastly is there a way to increase the c/s numbers?

Buy a better processor and make sure you're using the optimal make
target for your processor (probably linux-x86-sse2 in your case).

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