Re: Graphic cards as Wi-Fi crypto crackers

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Jonathan Smith <jms () cis upenn edu>
Date: October 12, 2008 3:45:31 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Cc: "ip" <ip () v2 listbox com>
Subject: Re: [IP] Graphic cards as Wi-Fi crypto crackers

People have been thinking about this space for a while, see also
http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/old/cook05cryptographics.html
-JMS

On Oct 12, 2008, at 1:27 PM, David Farber wrote:

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> 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
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