gistfile1.txt

# Takes a user input, hashes it with MD5 crypt, and attempts to match it via brute force
import hashlib, time
md = hashlib.md5()

print("Welcome to a brute force MD5 cracker. \n")
password = input("Enter a password, composed of a number up to 99,999,999: ")

md.update(str(password).encode("utf-8"))
hashed_password = md.hexdigest()

print("Attempting to crack it via brute force increment")

start_time = time.time()
for i in range(99999999):
    md = hashlib.md5()
    md.update(str(i).encode("utf-8"))
    hashed_total_int = md.hexdigest()
    if hashed_total_int == hashed_password:
        print("Your password is " + str(i))
        break;

elapsed_time = time.time() - start_time
print("Elapsed time: " + str(elapsed_time) + " seconds")