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Why are GPUs so good at cracking passwords?
What is it about GPUs that lets them crack passwords so quickly?
It seems like the driving force behind adopting good key-derivation functions for passwords (bcrpyt, PBKDF2, scrypt) instead of ...
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File security when encrypting files directly with the openssl command / and what about SHA1 hashing password first?
I've been using this command to encrypt files for a while now:
openssl aes-256-cbc -a -salt -in secrets.txt -out secrets.txt.enc
Then I type in a password.
Can someone tell me, roughly speaking, ...
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Cracking MS-CACHE v2 hashes using GPU
As most people here will know, Windows caches domain/AD credentials in a format known as MS-Cache v2. Obviously, these would be excellent passwords to gain during a penetration test when local access ...
