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Topic: 2012-07-20 extremetech.com - Are FPGAs the future of password cracking and super (Read 1115 times)

legendary
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They seem to have a strange definition of "future". FPGAs have been the standard tool for large-scale brute-force cryptanalysis for ages.
legendary
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Just one mention of Bitcoin - but nice to see it made the list in a matter-of-fact manner.

Ya, they are just assuming their site visitors either know what bitcoin is and the few that don't should know how to use Google.
legendary
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Just one mention of Bitcoin - but nice to see it made the list in a matter-of-fact manner.

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Are FPGAs the future of password cracking and supercomputing?

Tim Verry
2012-07-20

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/133110-are-fpgas-the-future-of-password-cracking-and-supercomputing

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FPGAs can accelerate simulations, encryption and decryption tasks, Bitcoin mining, and can even be used to brute force passwords.
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