HOWTO : nVidia and HashCat on Kali Linux 2018.4

CPU : Intel i7-8750H (6-core with HyperThreading and Graphic Display)
Extra Graphic Display : nVidia GTX 1060 (laptop)

There are two display graphic cards on the same system, namely Optimus on laptop. The installation of nVidia display driver on Kali Linux 2018.4 is difference to Ubuntu 18.04.1 on the same system. You can refer to the link here for Ubuntu 18.04.1 even they are using the same version of nVidia display driver - Version 390.87 at the time of this writing.

Step 1 :

apt updaate
apt install nvidia-kernel-dkms primus bumblebee bbswitch-dkms nvidia-smi

Step 2 :

Reboot the system.

To confirm the installation.

nvidia-smi

Step 3 :

Install HashCat which does not require CUDA.

apt install hashcat-nvidia

Step 4 (optional) :

To install CUDA.

apt install nvidia-cuda-toolkit

To run program that requires CUDA.

bumblebeed --daemon
optirun [program]

That's all! See you.

HOWTO : Kali Linux 1.1.0 on Optimus Laptop

Step 1 :

apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
apt-get install nvidia-kernel-dkms nvidia-cuda-toolkit nvidia-driver

After that, reboot your Kali. Then, we need to install bumblebee.

Step 2 :

apt-get install bumblebee-nvidia primus

If you need to support i386 architecture 3D software in 64-bit Kali, you may need to install the following :

dpkg --add-architecture i386
apt-get update
apt-get install bumblebee-nvidia primus primus-libs:i386

Step 3 :

Now, you need to add you (e.g. root) to the bumblebee group.

adduser $USER bumblebee

Step 4 :

To run your application with the discrete nVidia card :

optirun iceweasel

If optirun displays the following error :

[ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: Could not load GPU driver

You need to edit the following :

sed 's/KernelDriver=nvidia/KernelDriver=nvidia-current/g' -i /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf

The following are optional :

If you want to run glxgears with the discrete nVidia card, you need to install VirtualGL

32-bit Kali Linux -
wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/virtualgl/files/2.3.90%20%282.4beta1%29/virtualgl_2.3.90_i386.deb/download -O virtualgl_2.3.90_i386.deb

64-bit Kali Linux -
wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/virtualgl/files/2.3.90%20%282.4beta1%29/virtualgl_2.3.90_amd64.deb/download -O virtualgl_2.3.90_amd64.deb

dpkg -i virtualgl_2.3.90_i386.deb

or
h
dpkg -i virtualgl_2.3.90_amd64.deb

Then run :

optirun glxgears -info

or

optirun glxgears

The following are CUDA applications :

Please note that the Kali official does not recommend to compile applications yourself for Kali as they think that it would damage kali.

The next steps are to install cudaHashcat, john, Cryptohaze and pyrit.

(1) cudaHashcat installation

Grab the source code and extract it. The current version is 1.31 at this writing.

wget http://hashcat.net/files-legacy/cudaHashcat-1.31.7z
7za x cudahashcat-1.31.7z

(Please noted that the current version of cudaHashcat 1.32 does not compatible with Kali 1.1.0's nVidia 340.x driver).

Then run the sample scripts to test the cudahashcat by the following commands.

cd cudaHashcat-1.31
optirun ./cudaExample0.sh
optirun ./cudaExample400.sh
optirun ./cudaExample500.sh

When it is your first time to run cudaHashcat, you will be prompted for the license and you just answer "YES" to continue.

(2) John the Ripper Installation

Install the required package before going further.

apt-get install libssl-dev

Grab the current version of john (the current version at this writing is 1.8.0-jumbo-1) and compile it.

wget http://www.openwall.com/john/j/john-1.8.0-jumbo-1.tar.gz
tar -xvzf john-1.8.0-jumbo-1.tar.gz
cd john-1.8.0-jumbo-1/src
./configure
make clean
make

To run john, you can execute the following command.

cd ../run
optirun ./john --format=sha512crypt-cuda /etc/shadow

Please note that the captioned command will have fruitless result when your password is longer than 8 characters which is the default for john. If requires, you can make some changes on "params.h". However, it is out of the scope of this guide.

(3) Cryptohaze Installation

Grab the current version of Cryptohaze (the current version is 1.3a at this writing).

wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/cryptohaze/files/Cryptohaze-Linux_x64_1_31a.tar.bz2/download -O Cryptohaze-Linux_x64_1_31a.tar.bz2
tar xjvf Cryptohaze-Linux_x64_1_31a.tar.bz2
cd Cryptohaze-Linux

To perform the sample run, you can execute the following command.

optirun ./Cryptohaze-Multiforcer -h NTLM -c charsets/charsetall -f test_hashes/Hashes-NTLM-Full.txt

(4) pyrit Installation

The first step is to install the required packages.

apt-get install libssl-dev libpcap0.8-dev python-dev

Grab the current version of pyrit. However, pyrit is not updated for a long time.

svn checkout http://pyrit.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ pyrit

Compile it with the following commands.

cd pyrit/pyrit
python setup.py build
python setup.py install

cd ../cpyrit_cuda
python setup.py build
python setup.py install

To test it, you can execute the following commands.

optirun pyrit list_cores
optirun pyrit benchmark

That's all! See you.

HOWTO : Kali Linux 1.0.9a on Optimus Laptop

The guide is updated on FEB 4, 2015 as Kali Linux 1.9.0a has included the nVidia driver 340.x and CUDA 5.5.x.

Step 1 :

echo "deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian wheezy-backports main contrib non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list

apt-get update

Step 2 :

apt-get install -y linux-headers-$(uname -r)
apt-get install -t wheezy-backports nvidia-kernel-dkms nvidia-cuda-toolkit nvidia-driver

Optionally, you can uninstall the backports linux kernel headers 3.16 (if any) as it comes with the backports nVidia drivers installation.

apt-get --purge remove linux-headers-3.16

Finally, reboot. Then, we need to install bumblebee.

Step 3 :

apt-get install -t wheezy-backports bumblebee-nvidia primus

If you need to support i386 architecture 3D software in 64-bit Kali, you may need to install the following :

dpkg --add-architecture i386
apt-get update
apt-get install -t wheezy-backports bumblebee-nvidia primus primus-libs:i386 primus-libs:ia32

Step 4 :

Now, you need to add you (e.g. root) to the bumblebee group.

adduser $USER bumblebee

Step 5 :

To run your application with the discrete nVidia card :

optirun iceweasel

If optirun displays the following error :

[ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: Could not load GPU driver

You need to edit the following :

sed 's/KernelDriver=nvidia/KernelDriver=nvidia-current/g' -i /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf

If you want to run glxgears with the discrete nVidia card, you need to install VirtualGL

32-bit Kali Linux -
wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/virtualgl/files/2.3.90%20%282.4beta1%29/virtualgl_2.3.90_i386.deb/download -O virtualgl_2.3.90_i386.deb

64-bit Kali Linux -
wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/virtualgl/files/2.3.90%20%282.4beta1%29/virtualgl_2.3.90_amd64.deb/download -O virtualgl_2.3.90_amd64.deb

dpkg -i virtualgl_2.3.90_i386.deb

or
h
dpkg -i virtualgl_2.3.90_amd64.deb

Then run :

optirun glxgears -info

or

optirun glxgears

The next steps are to install cudaHashcat, john, Cryptohaze and pyrit.

(1) cudaHashcat installation

Grab the source code and extract it. The current version is 1.31 at this writing.

wget http://hashcat.net/files/cudaHashcat-1.31.7z wget http://hashcat.net/files-legacy/cudaHashcat-1.31.7z
7za x cudahashcat-1.31.7z

(Please noted that the current version of cudaHashcat 1.32 does not compatible with nVidia 340.x driver).

Then run the sample scripts to test the cudahashcat by the following commands.

cd cudaHashcat-1.31
optirun ./cudaExample0.sh
optirun ./cudaExample400.sh
optirun ./cudaExample500.sh

When it is your first time to run cudaHashcat, you will be prompted for the license and you just answer "YES" to continue.

(2) John the Ripper Installation

Install the required package before going further.

apt-get install libssl-dev

Grab the current version of john (the current version at this writing is 1.8.0-jumbo-1) and compile it.

wget http://www.openwall.com/john/j/john-1.8.0-jumbo-1.tar.gz
tar -xvzf john-1.8.0-jumbo-1.tar.gz
cd john-1.8.0-jumbo-1/src
./configure
make clean
make

To run john, you can execute the following command.

cd ../run
optirun ./john --format=sha512crypt-cuda /etc/shadow

Please note that the captioned command will have friutless result when your password is longer than 8 characters which is the default for john. If requires, you can make some changes on "params.h". However, it is out of the scope of this guide.

(3) Cryptohaze Installation

Grab the current version of Cryptohaze (the current version is 1.3a at this writing).

wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/cryptohaze/files/Cryptohaze-Linux_x64_1_31a.tar.bz2/download -O Cryptohaze-Linux_x64_1_31a.tar.bz2
tar xjvf Cryptohaze-Linux_x64_1_31a.tar.bz2
cd Cryptohaze-Linux

To perform the sample run, you can execute the following command.

optirun ./Cryptohaze-Multiforcer -h NTLM -c charsets/charsetall -f test_hashes/Hashes-NTLM-Full.txt

(4) pyrit Installation

The first step is to install the required packages.

apt-get install libssl-dev libpcap0.8-dev python-dev

Grab the current version of pyrit. However, pyrit is not updated for a long time.

svn checkout http://pyrit.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ pyrit

Compile it with the following commands.

cd pyrit/pyrit
python setup.py build
python setup.py install

cd ../cpyrit_cuda
python setup.py build
python setup.py install

To test it, you can execute the following commands.

optirun pyrit list_cores
optirun pyrit benchmark

That's all! See you.

HOWTO : nVidia Optimus on Back|Track 5 r3

(A) Hardware (nVidia Optimus)

Brand : Asus n82jv-vx072v
CPU : Intel i5 450M, 2.4Ghz
RAM : 4096MB DDR3 1066
Display card : nVidia GeForce GT335M 1G VRAM DDR3

(B) Hardware (nVidia GeForce)

Any computer comes with nVidia GeForce display card that is CUDA capable.

Problem

You will be experienced to get a black screen when boot up and you cannot go further to get the Back|Track to be installed. This tutorial not only apply for Back|Track but also apply for other Linux distributions.

Solution

Step 1 :

When bootup in the "Boot Option Menu", press "Tab" (Other version of Linux will be different) and append the following to the end of the kernel option line :

text splash vga=791 i915.modeset=1 nomodeset

*** Remarks : "i915.modeset=1 nomodest" is for Optimus only. If nVidia GeForce, just need "nomodeset".

Step 2 :

Once booted up and installed, do not restart and continue to test. Mount up the hard drive and you need to edit as the following :

nano /etc/default/grub

Locate 'GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text splash vga=791"' and append the following :

text splash vga=791 i915.modeset=1 nomodeset

and it will be looking like this :

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text splash vga=791 i915.modeset=1 nomodeset"

update-grub

The following command is for Back|Track only.

fix-splash

Step 3 :

Reboot your computer.

Step 4 (If you do Step 4a, DO NOT do this step, skip it.) :

Not to run "startx". This step should be running without X. For other Linux distributions, press "Alt + F2" to console mode.

Download CUDA 5.0 for 64-bit :

wget http://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/5_0/rel/installers/cuda_5.0.35_linux_64_ubuntu10.04.run

Download CUDA 5.0 for 32-bit :

wget http://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/5_0/rel/installers/cuda_5.0.35_linux_32_ubuntu10.04.run

chmod +x cuda_5.0.35_linux_64_ubuntu10.04.run

or

chmod +x cuda_5.0.35_linux_32_ubuntu10.04.run

Then run the following command.

./cuda_5.0.35_linux_64_ubuntu10.04.run

or

./cuda_5.0.35_linux_32_ubuntu10.04.run

Answer "accept" and install nVidia driver (current version is 304.54) as well as nVidia CUDA Toolkit (current is 5.0.35). If you want to install samples, please do. When asking for the path or directory, please press enter to accept the default setting.

Remarks : Please note that CUDA has an updated version.

Step 4a (Don't do with Step 4 together, only one of it) :

Not to run "startx". This step should be running without X. For other Linux distributions, press "Alt + F2" to console mode.

add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates

Edit : The x-swat ppa does not work anymore. Use Back|Track repos instead. Just do the following commands only.

apt-get update
apt-get install nvidia-current nvidia-current-modaliases nvidia-settings

Your nVidia driver has been installed (current version is 304.60).

Download CUDA 5.0 for 64-bit :

wget http://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/5_0/rel/installers/cuda_5.0.35_linux_64_ubuntu10.04.run

Download CUDA 5.0 for 32-bit :

wget http://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/5_0/rel/installers/cuda_5.0.35_linux_32_ubuntu10.04.run

chmod +x cuda_5.0.35_linux_64_ubuntu10.04.run

or

chmod +x cuda_5.0.35_linux_32_ubuntu10.04.run

Then run the following command.

./cuda_5.0.35_linux_64_ubuntu10.04.run

or

./cuda_5.0.35_linux_32_ubuntu10.04.run

Answer "accept" and DO NOT install nVidia driver. Only install nVidia CUDA Toolkit (current is 5.0.35). If you want to install samples, please do. When asking for the path or directory, please press enter to accept the default setting.

Remarks : Please note that CUDA has an updated version.

Step 5 :

The below is for Back|Track only. If other Linux distributions, please replace "root" with any username.

nano /root/.bashrc

Append the following :

PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/cuda-5.0/bin
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/cuda-5.0/lib:/usr/local/cuda-5.0/lib64:/lib
export PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH

Or, you can do the following instead for any Linux distributions.

nano /etc/ld.so.conf.d/cuda.conf

/usr/local/cuda-5.0/bin
/usr/local/cuda-5.0/lib
/usr/local/cuda-5.0/lib64

Save and then run the following command :

ldconfig

Then, reboot.

Step 6 : (For nVidia Optimus only)

To install Bumblebee :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bumblebee/stable

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia

Then, reboot the box.

Step 7 : (For nVidia Optimus only)

To test it to see if nVidia driver is workable or not :

glxspheres

optirun glxspheres

Step 8 : (Optional)

Go to the official site of pyrit.

http://code.google.com/p/pyrit/downloads/list

Download pyrit and cpyrit-cuda (the current version is 0.4.0 at the time of this writing). Back|Track 5 r3 may installed pyrit but not for the CUDA.

tar -xzvf pyrit-0.4.0.tar.gz
cd pyrit-0.4.0
python setup.py build
python setup.py install

tar -xzvf cpyrit-cuda-0.4.0.tar.gz
cd cpyrit-cuda-0.4.0
python setup.py build
python setup.py install

To test if the installation is correct or not. If you are not using Optimus, the "optirun" is not required.

optirun pyrit list_cores
optirun pyrit benchmark
optirun pyrit benchmark_long

Finally, thank you for Malko to test it and confirm it is working.

That's all! See you.