# PKCS (Public-Key Cryptography Standards)

PKCS are a group of public-key cryptography standards.

### Decrypt <a href="#decrypt" id="decrypt"></a>

#### PKCS#12 <a href="#pkcs12" id="pkcs12"></a>

First of all, you need to format the PKCS file to make the John to recognize it.

```
pfx2john example.pfx > hash.txt
```

Crack the password using the formatted text.

```
john --wordlist=wordlist.txt hash.txt
```