# Crack Me
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1) pretty straightforward, just crack the hash provided using a known salt.
2) find the salt - input the hash into an [online hash analyzer](https://www.tunnelsup.com/hash-analyzer/) - ![](hashanalyzer1.png) - salt is `sha256`
### crack the hash with John the Ripper1) `john --list=subformats | grep sha256`  - ![](subformat.png)  - we will be using `dynamic_61`
2)  `echo "username:a60458d2180258d47d7f7bef5236b33e86711ac926518ca4545ebf24cdc0b76c$sha256" > crack.txt`
3) `john --format=dynamic_61 --wordlist=/usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt crack.txt`
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4) password is `cathouse`