rar and zip

zip2john

zip2john [options] [zip file] > [output file]

[options] - Allows you to pass specific checksum options to zip2john, this shouldn't often be necessary

Example Usage

zip2john zipfile.zip > zip_hash.txt

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rar2john

Almost identical to the zip2john tool that we just used, we're going to use the rar2john tool to convert the rar file into a hash format that John is able to understand. The basic syntax is as follows:

rar2john [rar file] > [output file]

Example Usage

rar2john rarfile.rar > rar_hash.txt