Medussa: A distributed password cracker

So what can this do? Well, it can suck a lot of cpu cycles, so if after distributed.net, SETI@Home and netscape you still have some available, you can give this software a try and provide me with some feedback. It ought to run on pretty much every modern unix system that provides a pthreads compatible library. Actually, it's just the main scheduler (medussa) that needs pthreads.

Speaking of the scheduler, after a successful compile you ought to have three components at your disposal. These are:

• Medussa The keeper of the keyspace and distributor at large.
• Tentacle The client executable.
• Mecon Administration interface to medussa.

Download

• medussa-0.8.tar.gz Support for Lotus Domino passwords (thanks ypiederriere), updated license, fixes
• medussa-0.7.tar.gz No major changes, makefile/compilation fixes.
• medussa-0.6pl2.tar.gz Dev version: More generators, compartmentalized code.
• Outdated documentation: [HTML] [PS]

Dependencies

• OpenSSL: version 0.9.6 tested
• gmp: GNU multiple precision library, version 4.1 tested

Any bugs, inaccuracies, blame me.