83 maskgen(1) - Kailash Tool Reference
83.1 maskgen
maskgen - Generates optimized hashcat masks from password lists (PACK kit).
| Layer | CLASSIC |
| Category | c-05-password-offline-credential |
| Safety class | safe |
| Licence | BSD-3-Clause |
| Upstream | github.com/iphelix/pack |
83.1.1 NAME
maskgen - Generates optimized hashcat masks from password lists (PACK kit).
83.1.2 SYNOPSIS
Not derived automatically - see upstream documentation. This page does not hand-copy flags (generation contract, ADR-0001).
83.1.3 DESCRIPTION (upstream)
Password Analysis and Cracking Kit by Peter Kacherginsky (iphelix) ================================================================== PACK (Password Analysis and Cracking Toolkit) is a collection of utilities developed to aid in analysis of password lists in order to enhance password cracking through pattern detection of masks, rules, character-sets and other password characteristics. The toolkit generates valid input files for Hashcat family of password crackers. NOTE: The toolkit itself is not able to crack passwords, but instead designed to make operation of password crackers more efficient. Selecting passwords lists for analysis ====================================== Before we can begin
83.1.4 SEE ALSO
- Category: c-05-password-offline-credential in the category directory (sister tools listed there).
ref: pin - verified 2026-10-14