On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 6:25 PM, Joel Eriksson <joel.eriks...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 5:00 PM, Nikos Balkanas <nbalka...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 5:08 PM, Joel Eriksson >> <joel.eriks...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> >>> It is the AMD IL code that needs to be updated, to GCN assembly .. It >>> would be possible to code it in OpenCL as well, but the whole point with >>> coding it in AMD IL to begin with was to make use of certain instructions >>> to make it more efficient. OpenCL code would most likely have a >>> significantly lower performance (but would obviously be better than >>> nothing). The C++ wrappers around may need to be modified slightly as well, >>> but that change is trivial. >>> >> >> They will have to. Ubuntu 13.04 is EOL and 12.04 will be in 3 weeks, when >> the new 14.04 comes out. They told me that right know they support only >> Ubuntu 12.04 and 13.04. That's after >> they crashed my X-server and trashed my installation with their latest >> catalyst :-( >> > > Huh? They will have to what? Ubuntu versions and life spans has absolutely > nothing to do with this. > Actually it does. Ubuntu is the largest Linux distro. They claim to support it, so they 'll have to either follow or drop it. > > >> Hold on a minute. Kraken is not limited to A51 code. Are you saying >>>> that the rainbow tables are built with A51 encryption in them? >>>> If that is the case, there is a project openrainbow tables, that >>>> maintains them and maybe takes care of it. >>>> >>> >>> Yes, Kraken is limited to A5/1. What made you think otherwise? >>> >> >> Several comments by hackers around the web, saying that it could be used >> to crack 3G & 4G networks. Didn't answer my question though ;-) >> Kraken is a general rainbow table matcher. It is the source Rainbow >> tables that determine the context. If there are A5.3 tables, kraken can work >> with A5.3. Right? I haven't seen any A5.1 code in Kraken. >> >> BTW the project I was referring to is called Distributed Rainbow tables, >> not Open. >> > > No, Kraken is far from a "general rainbow table matcher". The tables used > by Kraken are not even rainbow tables, it is an application specific TMTO > (time-memory-trade-off) combining rainbow tables and distinguished points > to efficiently attack A5/1. If you haven't seen any A5/1 code in Kraken, > you have not looked close enough. > Just double checked for airprobe's code in kraken-win32. Couldn't find anything. But you know better kraken than me, so I am taking your word for it. In light of that, I don't see any benefit in investing more time in it :-( Best of luck, Nikos > > Nikos >>>> >>> > Cheers, > Joel Eriksson > ClevCode >
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