I am not sure on how this would be usefull if you use random passwords or passphrases that uses the full ascii character set
2012/2/20 Kurt Buff <[email protected]> > > http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/02/14/moxie-marlinspikes-cloudcracker-aims-for-speedier-cheaper-password-cracking/ > > By Andy Greenberg > Forbes Staff > 2/14/2012 > > A little over two years ago, well-known hacker and security researcher > Moxie Marlinspike launched an online service that, for a fee of $17, > could crack most wifi networks’ password in less than hour. Apparently > that wasn’t fast enough. > > On Tuesday, Marlinspike launched CloudCracker, an upgrade to the > Web-based penetration testing service he formerly called WPACracker, > with a major upgrade to the speed and versatility of that > password-breaking service. For $17, CloudCracker can now break into a > standard WPA-PSK wireless networks by burning through dictionaries of > possible passwords at about twice the speed of WPACracker, exhausting > 600 million words in one hour instead of 260 million in the previous > version . > > For networks with especially obscure passwords, the tool can now use > dictionaries as big as 4.8 billion words in the same amount of time > for the price of $136. And instead of only focusing on cracking wifi > networks, the tool can now break passwords protected by Microsoft‘s > Windows LAN Manager and NT LAN Manager hashing systems too, for a > price of fifty cents for every password. Marlinspike says he hopes to > add more password formats in the future. > > “We’re really trying to push the envelope in terms of password > cracking,” says Marlinspike, a well known security researcher who now > works for Twitter but built CloudCracker as an independent project. > “Basically you get more dictionaries for your dollar, about twice the > cracking power for the same price.” > > [...] > > > > ______________________________________________________________________________ > Certified Ethical Hacker and CISSP training with Expanding Security gives > the best training and support. > Get a free live class invite weekly. Best program, best price. > www.ExpandingSecurity.com/PainPill > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
