Password-cracking chip
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Topic: Password-cracking chip
Posted By: iSec
Subject: Password-cracking chip
Date Posted: 29 October 2007 at 10:14pm
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Isn't this cool?
http://technology.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn12825&feedId=online-news_rss20 - http://technology.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn12825&feedId=online-news_rss20 ------------- "When it gets dark enough, you can see the stars" -Charles A. Beard |
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Posted By: Shaka_Virgo
Date Posted: 30 October 2007 at 11:10pm
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reading what you wrote you and that's illegal? Or you say to me just to defraud many people. ------------- 
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Posted By: iSec
Date Posted: 30 October 2007 at 11:56pm
Illegal? Did you actually read the article?
How can something illegal get patentted?  ------------- "When it gets dark enough, you can see the stars" -Charles A. Beard |
Elcomsoft, a software company based in Moscow, Russia, has filed a US patent for the technique...Posted By: javi712
Date Posted: 31 October 2007 at 2:13pm
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that's pretty sweet!
wonder what else they will be able to come up with using that CUDA development kit |
Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 01 November 2007 at 10:10am
It doesn't have to be legal for something to get a patent. They are probally patent the way it works, I doubt they are actually patent it as a password cracker. Cracking passwords is illegal in most countries, but laws for hacking, spamming, etc. are not really enforced much in Russia which is why companies like this and allot of these cyber criminal gangs, mp3 sharing sites, malware viruses, etc. come out of Russia. To get around the laws in other countries they market the software as a forgotten password tool to use on your own systems if you loose the password. Using it on anyone else's system would in many countries get you thrown in jail. ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: iSec
Date Posted: 01 November 2007 at 11:47pm
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Borg I agree... and this is why this article is interesting... is because we'll soon be forced to use no less than 500-bit encryption types from now on! ------------- "When it gets dark enough, you can see the stars" -Charles A. Beard |
Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 02 November 2007 at 8:14am
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The more powerful password cracking gets, means that we need to use more difficult passwords to crack. However, I doubt that would stop them just slow them down. The best solutions, which we will probally see more of, is the use of CAPTCHA, and blocking time and attempt limitations eg. if a password is entered incorrectly more than 5 times no more attempts are allowed for 1 hour. I know with my bank now, if I put in the wrong password 3 times my online account is blocked and I have to phone up and answer lots of security questions to get it unblocked, if I get them wrong I have to wait 5 days for a new activation code to be posted to me. ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: true_king
Date Posted: 05 November 2007 at 4:58pm
| in iran all is allowed? one of iran buddy from yahoo say me that..... |
Posted By: freakyfred
Date Posted: 08 November 2007 at 10:43am
Same applies to my bank and although it is a pain it is a good idea |