Cracking technique

Goal: maximize useful recoveries while keeping campaigns reproducible, explainable, and aligned to objective.

When this technique applies

• Password-strength audits and policy validation.
• Breach/hash-dump analysis and prioritization.
• Credential recovery with legitimate authorization.
• Local cracking campaigns that need staged wordlist, rule, and hybrid policy.

Boundary with offensive-tools

This skill defines methodology, decision flow, and quality gates. Tool-specific flags and commands belong to offensive-tools/cracking/* skills.

Tool families