About The Project

This project proposes a distributed system architecture to efficiently crack SHA-256 hashes using a multi-threaded CPU approach. The system aims to mitigate the time-consuming process of password recovery by leveraging a server-client-worker model over TCP connection. The client initiates requests to the server for password hashes to be cracked. Upon receiving a request, the server orchestrates the distribution of tasks among multiple workers. Each worker operates concurrently, employing non-overlapping brute force techniques to crack passwords. The communication is done with Java RMI and aim to migrate to gRPC in the future.

Built With Java and Java RMI

Getting Started

Below are the steps to run the project. This is assuming you have JDK 21 and JRE available on your machine.

Prerequisites

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• npm

  npm install npm@latest -g

Installation and Run

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1. Clone the repo

   git clone https://github.com/nathang15/Distributed-Hash-Cracking-Tool.git

2. Run SMain.java

   java SMain.java

3. Run as much Workers as you like by running multiple WMain.java

   java WMain.java

4. Run Client

   java CMain.java

Usage

This is only use for education purpose and was created as the final project for the course Comp352 - Computer Networks at Dickinson College

License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE.txt for more information.