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| - | I often hear rumors about how fast a password hash can be cracked today by using modern GPU's. Basically what I heard recited by many was, that a kid with a fast gamer notebook with a decent graphics card could brute-force a password hash within hours by leveraging the power of the GPU. | + | I often hear rumors about how fast a password hash (such as a linux passwd/ |
| I am not a security expert and by no means a Hacker, but i've wanted to try the script-kiddie approach myself hands on for a long time already. I was recently tasked with stress-testing some systems in our lab with significant compute power. One of them was a 128 core AMD ROME based server, the other one one was a GPU server with 8x NVIDIA RTX 2080Ti in it. So finally i took this opportunity to verify or bust the myth, that a teenager with a gamer notebook can crack your password hash in a few hours. | I am not a security expert and by no means a Hacker, but i've wanted to try the script-kiddie approach myself hands on for a long time already. I was recently tasked with stress-testing some systems in our lab with significant compute power. One of them was a 128 core AMD ROME based server, the other one one was a GPU server with 8x NVIDIA RTX 2080Ti in it. So finally i took this opportunity to verify or bust the myth, that a teenager with a gamer notebook can crack your password hash in a few hours. | ||