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Message-Id: <97B9CA86-A6D4-4398-8CA2-5A0946F0F876@shinnok.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2015 13:30:19 +0300
From: Shinnok <admin@...nnok.com>
To: john-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Johnny v2.0 released!
Hey list,
We have been working hard towards this first release, so I encourage you to take Johnny version 2.0 for a spin.
I'll chip in with a couple clarifications embedded bellow.
> On Jul 8, 2015, at 9:42 PM, Mathieu Laprise <mathlaprise@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Hello john-users,
>
> Johnny, the cross-platform GUI frontend for John The Ripper, got a reboot
> after more than 3 years of inactivity. It has been refactored from the
> ground up for better cross platform compatibility, multithreaded operation,
> upgraded looks, improved usability and extended JtR functionality coverage.
>
> New features include fork and OpenMP support for faster cracking. Manual
> password guessing via the Guess button. Also, for each hash, you'll see his
> format in the tableview. With session history and proper session
> preferences storage, you'll be able to reload any unfinished cracking
> session to resume your attack. Also, we added ability to set environment
> variables for each session directly in Johnny and french translation.
This release has many under the hood fixes and improvements. We didn't keep a proper CHANGELOG previous to this release, but we're planning on doing so from this point onwards.
https://github.com/shinnok/johnny/blob/master/CHANGELOG
>
> We urge you to give it a spin and let us know what you think of it, what
> you like what you don't like, what works and what doesn't. We will pay
> close attention to your feedback and follow up with a new release.
This is the first proper release in more than three years of inactivity. Now that we have a release procedure set in place, future releases should come easier. Expect more frequent and agile releases from this point onwards, at least for the duration of this GSoC iteration.
>
> On our wiki, we provide an easy installer and a .dmg which has been tested
> on Windows 7 and up and OS X Mavericks and up. They may or may not work on
> older versions. For older version of the previous operating systems as well
> as flavors of Linux/BSD, source build is the best option. You have
> instructions in the Wiki and the INSTALL distfile
> http://openwall.info/wiki/john/johnny
We still have some grounds to cover in regards to cleaning up the Wiki pages and the afferent documentation and DISTFILES.
>
> Johnny requires JtR to work. If you want to get access to all new features
> and bugfixes, we recommend compiling the latest 1.8.0.6-jumbo-1 release
> available at
> https://github.com/magnumripper/JohnTheRipper/releases/tag/1.8.0.6-jumbo-1.
> If you are a Windows user, you should compile John with Cygwin. On older
> version of john core and jumbo, you won't get proper John termination on
> Windows and the "show hash formats" feature.
A clarification here. Johnny is supposed to work with both core John and the jumbo version. However, using jumbo will enable features like hash type suggestion in the Passwords table and automatic attack formats pre-filling. We still have a couple adjustments to make in regards to core John usage, but in coverage terms, we exhausted the list of juice we can get out of it. As a rule of thumb, you're better off if you're using the freshest john version available to you, since fixes in regards to Johnny have been incorporated into JtR.
That being said, we're going to focus on adding more juice and functionality from the jumbo side of things next. Expect cool features next.
Cheers,
Shinnok
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