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November 29th, 2007, 03:57 PM
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PS3: The Ultimate Password Crackalacka.
Here is an interesting use for that extra PS3 system you've got lying around your house:
Nick Breese, a senior security consultant at Auckland-based Security-assessment.com, has come up with a way to drastically increase the processing capability of cracking passwords, using a PS3.
By design, PS3 is very suitable for cryptography, says Breese. Intel processors are designed to do all kinds of complex calculations, whereas the PS3 is good at doing simple things very quickly. "And believe it or not, cryptography really is simple," he says. "Lots of simple operations being done one at the time."
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,14...s/article.html
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November 29th, 2007, 04:12 PM
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"Breese says the initial reason for embarking on the research project was to get the company to buy him a PS3."
Ah, a true geek. LOL
Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant than would take even a little trouble to acquire it.
- Samuel Johnson
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