From 685bcde52eb89b9968ad3802b0cf72223b7ff1be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mitar Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2019 02:30:42 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Explaining prefix performance issues. See: https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat/issues/2153 --- docs/performance.txt | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/performance.txt b/docs/performance.txt index c6455d1f0..6b728243a 100644 --- a/docs/performance.txt +++ b/docs/performance.txt @@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ Performance Notes: - Always Use the latest display driver - To significantly improve performance use -w 3 +- Cracking with a mask with a fixed prefix can be slow. + Consider instead using a mode with salt as a prefix and set salt to that fixed prefix. Also read this: