Dynamically determine what method to call based on the hash type specified by the user. Generate the hash for each pass and compare it to what the user supplied

Author: aaronjwood

cracker.py

@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ def __search_space(charset, maxlength):
     def attack(self, charset, maxlength):
         combined_charset = ''.join(charset)
         for attempt in self.__search_space(combined_charset, maxlength):
-            if self.__hash == attempt:
+            algorithm = getattr(hashlib, self.__hash_type.lower())()
+            algorithm.update(attempt)
+            if self.__hash == algorithm.hexdigest():
                 print("Match found! Password is {}".format(attempt))
                 break