new version of john the ripper

Bug #116890 reported by PatRiehecky
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
john (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: john

From the homepage "John the Ripper 1.7 offers significant performance improvements over the 1.6 release."

My home compiled version holds this to be very very true.

Tags: upgrade
Changed in john:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) wrote :

Started Working on this..

Changed in john:
assignee: nobody → bhavi
status: Confirmed → In Progress
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Yannis Tsop (ogiannhs) wrote :

what is more 1.6 does not support MD5 hashes.

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Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) wrote :

Package should be merged from debian experimental.

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Nicolai P (nicolaip) wrote :

I'm porting it from Debian SID.

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Nicolai P (nicolaip) wrote :

This version builds fine for me.
All files (*.orig.tar.gz, *.dsc etc.) at http://www.rootshell.be/~nicolai/ubuntu/john

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Nicolai P (nicolaip) wrote :

OK, this version drops many changes. The package is also in main. Unsubscribing ubuntu-universe-sponsors.

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Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) wrote :

OK..

I have my university exams coming up so would not be able to work on this

Unassigning myself.

Changed in john:
assignee: bhavi → nobody
status: In Progress → Confirmed
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Daniel Holbach (dholbach) wrote :

Unsubscribed Ubuntu Sponsors for universe from this bug for now.

Once the merge is fixed, please subscribe *ubuntu-main-sponsors*.

Thanks.

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Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) wrote :

Already available in the repos.

Changed in john:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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