Now on to passwords

brute-pword.py

import time
import itertools

chars = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyziABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890^?!?$%&/()=?`'+#*'~';:_,.-<>|"

def brute_force_chars(pin):
    """ Uses itertools to create a cartesian product of the possible passwords """
    for guess in list(itertools.product(list(chars),repeat=len(pin))):
        if pin == len(pin)*'%c' % (guess):
            return guess        


if __name__ == '__main__':
    """ Starts breaking down with a password of size 4 (i7 16GB) """
    print('Provide a pword to be brute-forced guessed')
    pin = input()
    t1 = time.time()
    guess = brute_force_chars(pin)
    print('Found: ' + str(guess))
    t2 = time.time()
    print('Elapsed time was ' + str(t2-t1))