John the Ripper (john) for Debian
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  --- Previous Users of john ---

 The previous version of this package used a cronjob that was
 inflexible. This means it would start one instance of john the ripper
 and run until either all passwords were found or it wasn't able to
 crack them.

 So starting with this version of the package (1.6.19) the new cronjob
 is a lot more flexible. The system administrator will now be able to
 define when to start the cronjob and how long it should run daily. The
 cronjob will then be automatically stopped after that time and the
 current state saved. When the cronjob is then started again the next
 day, it will pick off where it stopped. If you don't want to the
 cronjob to continue an old session, but instead start with a fresh copy
 of the password file, you need to remove the file
 /var/lib/john/restore.

 The package ugrade already installed the new cronjob and offered to
 remove the old cronjob. In case that you let the package upgrade remove
 the old cronjob, you now need to edit the file /etc/cron.d/john to
 define at which time the cronjob shall be started and at which time it
 should be stopped.

 In case that you didn't allow the package upgrade to remove the old
 cronjob, you will need to remove the file /etc/cron.daily/john
 manually. You can then also edit the file /etc/cron.d/john as described
 in the paragraph above.

 The new cronjob will only be started after you edited /etc/cron.d/john.
 If you don't edit the file, the cronjob will not be started and you can
 run john from the command line.

 -- Christian Kurz <shorty@debian.org>, Tue, 02 Sep 2003 22:52:46 +0200
