Does hashcat support running on multiple nodes? about hashcat

[PenguinKeeper7]

You can use Hashcat across multiple nodes, just not natively through MPI

1. Using the --keyspace, --limit and --skip flags to manually define which parts of an attack should be covered by each agent More info
2. Using a dedicated distribution wrapper like Hashtopolis
3. Using a Hashcat Brain More Info

This is probably best for the Hashcat forum, if you want to talk more about this, please use that

[yl960122]

Thank you for your response. I tried using hashcat brain to crack 8-character passwords, but it seems that the cracking time for each client did not decrease during the process.

[yl960122]

Client

[yl960122]

Server

[yl960122]

My test command is as follows:
server：hashcat --brain-server --brain-host=c10r4n09 --brain-port=23000 --brain-password 12345
client1：hashcat -a 3 -m 0 0bb0bee22c9991248b04fd9b9947997e --increment --increment-min 8 --increment-max 8 ?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a --brain-client --brain-host=c10r4n09 --brain-port=23000 --brain-password 12345

The cracking commands for client 2 and client 3 are the same as client 1.Actually, I hope that the task of brute-force cracking can be evenly distributed among the three clients.

[yl960122]

Thank you for your response. Perhaps I should go to the Hashcat forum to find more useful information.

[PenguinKeeper7]

That's not what Hashcat Brain is for, it's for making sure that there isn't any overlap between the work that Client A does from what Client B does when using different attacks. It should also only be used on quite slow algorithms. You want option 1 or 2.
Because this isn't a bug or new feature and you're just asking for support, it's probably best handled on the Hashcat forum instead of on Github

[Chick3nman]

Please take this to the forums or discord.