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John the Ripper is a popular password cracking tool that uses a variety of techniques to guess passwords. When used to crack an SSH key, John can attempt to guess the passphrase used to encrypt the private key, allowing an attacker to gain unauthorized access to the remote server.

Command Reference:

Wordlist: /opt/wordlists/rockyou.txt

Private SSH key in John format: sshkey.john
Command: Copy Extra code: Copy References:

https://github.com/openwall/john

https://null-byte.wonderhowto.com/how-to/crack-ssh-private-key-passwords-with-john-ripper-0302810/

https://github.com/Kyuu-Ji/htb-write-up/blob/master/tenten/write-up-tenten.md