Password cracking with a GPU 2007-10-24 13:59 xav_jones
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xav_jones
on Wednesday October 24 2007, @01:59PM
xav_jones writes "New Scientist is carrying a story about Elcomsoft's recent US patent filing for password cracking, claiming it has an "advantage [with] the 'massively parallel processing' capabilities of a graphics processing unit (GPU)". The company's CEO, Vladimir Katalov, says it increased the speed of its password cracking by a factor of 25 using an $800 graphics card from nVidia GeForce 8800 Ultra.
Finally another way to justify a decent gaming card?"
