Openwall Project
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Openwall Project is an open-source security software initiative best known for developing the password-cracking tool John the Ripper and maintaining hardened Linux distributions and security tools.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Openwall GNU/*/Linux | 5 |
| Openwall Project canonical | 3 |
| Openwall project | 2 |
| Openwall GNU/*/Linux hardened distribution | 1 |
| Openwall community | 1 |
| Openwall mailing lists | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8248305 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Openwall Project Context triple: [John the Ripper, developer, Openwall Project]
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A.
The Tor Project
The Tor Project is a nonprofit organization that develops and maintains privacy-focused tools—most notably the Tor anonymity network—to enable secure, uncensored communication online.
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B.
Freedom of the Press Foundation
Freedom of the Press Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting and defending public-interest journalism and press freedom in the digital age.
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C.
FreedomBox
FreedomBox is a free, open-source personal server system designed to empower users with privacy-respecting, self-hosted internet services and greater control over their digital communications.
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D.
Open Software Foundation
Open Software Foundation was a consortium of major technology companies formed in the late 1980s to develop and promote an open, vendor-neutral UNIX operating system and related software standards.
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E.
OpenBSD
OpenBSD is a free, security-focused, Unix-like operating system known for its code correctness, proactive security features, and integrated cryptographic tools.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Openwall Project Target entity description: Openwall Project is an open-source security software initiative best known for developing the password-cracking tool John the Ripper and maintaining hardened Linux distributions and security tools.
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A.
The Tor Project
The Tor Project is a nonprofit organization that develops and maintains privacy-focused tools—most notably the Tor anonymity network—to enable secure, uncensored communication online.
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B.
Freedom of the Press Foundation
Freedom of the Press Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting and defending public-interest journalism and press freedom in the digital age.
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C.
FreedomBox
FreedomBox is a free, open-source personal server system designed to empower users with privacy-respecting, self-hosted internet services and greater control over their digital communications.
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D.
Open Software Foundation
Open Software Foundation was a consortium of major technology companies formed in the late 1980s to develop and promote an open, vendor-neutral UNIX operating system and related software standards.
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E.
OpenBSD
OpenBSD is a free, security-focused, Unix-like operating system known for its code correctness, proactive security features, and integrated cryptographic tools.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
open-source project
ⓘ
security software initiative ⓘ software project ⓘ |
| communityDriven | true ⓘ |
| develops |
John the Ripper
ⓘ
Openwall GNU/*/Linux ⓘ
linked to:
Openwall Project
blists ⓘ passwdqc ⓘ phpass ⓘ tcb ⓘ wordlists for password cracking ⓘ yescrypt ⓘ |
| field |
computer security
ⓘ
cryptography ⓘ information security ⓘ |
| focusesOn | open-source security software ⓘ |
| goal |
improve operating system security
ⓘ
improve password security practices ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Openwall GNU/*/Linux
ⓘ
linked to:
Openwall Project
Openwall mailing lists ⓘ
linked to:
Openwall Project
Openwall wordlists collection ⓘ |
| hasNotableProduct |
John the Ripper
ⓘ
Openwall GNU/*/Linux ⓘ
linked to:
Openwall Project
passwdqc ⓘ yescrypt ⓘ |
| knownFor |
John the Ripper password cracker
ⓘ
linked to:
John the Ripper
Openwall GNU/*/Linux hardened distribution ⓘ
linked to:
Openwall Project
password security tools ⓘ |
| licenseModel | open source ⓘ |
| maintains |
hardened Linux distributions
ⓘ
security tools ⓘ |
| name | Openwall Project ⓘ |
| offers |
password security guidance
ⓘ
public mailing lists ⓘ security advisories ⓘ |
| publishes |
documentation
ⓘ
security patches ⓘ software source code ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
password security
ⓘ
system hardening ⓘ vulnerability research ⓘ |
| supports |
Linux
ⓘ
Unix-like operating systems ⓘ Windows (via John the Ripper builds) ⓘ |
| uses |
C programming language
ⓘ
Unix security mechanisms ⓘ |
| website | https://www.openwall.com/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Openwall Project Description of subject: Openwall Project is an open-source security software initiative best known for developing the password-cracking tool John the Ripper and maintaining hardened Linux distributions and security tools.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Openwall Project
linked to: Openwall Project
linked to: Openwall Project
linked to: Openwall Project
linked to: Openwall Project
linked to: Openwall Project
linked to: Openwall Project
linked to: Openwall Project
linked to: Openwall Project
linked to: Openwall Project