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Vortex5

By Amr

MD5 Brute Force --------------- A password is required for the next level. vortex5.c and md5.h. a-z,A-Z,0-9 is the search space. The password length is 5 chars long, it was originally 7 chars long.

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MD5 Brute Force

A password is required for the next level. vortex5.c and md5.h. a-z,A-Z,0-9 is the search space. The password length is 5 chars long, it was originally 7 chars long.

Collision(s) tested : 489265082 in 217 second(s), 361 millisec, 101 microsec.
Average of 2250932.1 hashes/sec.