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Re: Graphic cards as Wi-Fi crypto crackers
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:03:52 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: "Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond" <ocl () gih com> Date: October 12, 2008 5:16:41 PM EDT To: <dave () farber net>, "ip" <ip () v2 listbox com> Cc: "Lauren Weinstein" <lauren () vortex com> Subject: Re: [IP] Graphic cards as Wi-Fi crypto crackers Dave, Lauren,actually a Czech company proposes a product that makes use of such technology. They use is to "recover" all sorts of passwords, not only Wifi.
Their site explains what their product can do: http://www.elcomsoft.com/edpr.html?r1=pr&r2=wpa Cheers, -- Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond, Ph.D. E-mail:<ocl () gih com> | http://www.gih.com/ocl.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Farber" <dave () farber net> To: "ip" <ip () v2 listbox com> Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 7:27 PM Subject: [IP] Graphic cards as Wi-Fi crypto crackers
Begin forwarded message: From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com> Date: October 12, 2008 11:26:36 AM EDT To: dave () farber net Cc: lauren () vortex com Subject: Graphic cards as Wi-Fi crypto crackers Dave, I hadn't seen any mention of this issue here, so I thought I'd pass it along. The story is that graphics cards' GPUs have been used to massively speed brute force cracking of Wi-Fi (WPA) crypto keys. http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Using-GPUs-To-Speed-Up-WPA-Hacks-98321 I definitely agree that the devil is in the details, and details are sorely lacking. But keeping on eye on this attack vector clearly makes sense. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lauren () vortex com or lauren () pfir org Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 http://www.pfir.org/lauren Co-Founder, PFIR - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org Co-Founder, NNSquad - Network Neutrality Squad - http://www.nnsquad.org Founder, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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