how to improve password cracker performance

I'm currently trying to crack a password from hbh basic 12 challenge, using John The Ripper 1.7.2 on Linux.

the problem is that the password is taking too long to crack (it's now 1 day and 5 hours spent on cracking it) and the wordlist option is useless since it doesn't give away the password, even after making my own wordlist.

I'd like some tips on how to speed up the cracking process since it's taking too long for my dear laptop.

My laptop runs a 2 ghz dual core processor with 1024 MB ram, btw.

…and the wordlist option is useless since it doesn't give away the password, even after making my own wordlist.

Get a better word list.

SwartMumba wrote: [quote]…and the wordlist option is useless since it doesn't give away the password, even after making my own wordlist.

Get a better word list.[/quote]

couldn't have said it any better myself lol

You could just use google…..

But a proper wordlist would be a good thing to have anyway

Great wordlists are available here: http://www.theargon.com/achilles/wordlists/theargonlists/

Uber0n wrote: Great wordlists are available here: http://www.theargon.com/achilles/wordlists/theargonlists/

I think every word list thread has this link in it. ^^

Uber0n wrote: Great wordlists are available here: http://www.theargon.com/achilles/wordlists/theargonlists/ SwartMumba wrote: I think every word list thread has this link in it. ^^ I sure hope so ^^ the Argon is simply the best :D