An nVidia GeForce GT220 graphics card, which costs about £30, is capable of cracking strong passwords in a matter of hours. Security experts were able to crack a 6 character password in 4 seconds, a 7 character password in less than 5 minutes, and 8 character password in four hours.
"People have worked out that the processing power of graphics cards, due to the architecture of the chips, is more powerful than a normal processor for doing certain tasks," said Neil Lathwood, IT director at UKFast. http://thehackernews.com/2011/10/gpu-cracks-6-character-password-in-4.html Maria Eugenia Casco [email protected] "Debes ignorar tu miedo, cuando tienes miedo no puedes actuar y si no puedes actuar, fallas" _______________________________________________ Lugro mailing list [email protected] http://lugro.org.ar/mailman/listinfo/lugro
