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I'm confused. What does this let you do? Is the idea to find other text/passwords that MD5-hash to the same hash as something else? And how long should that ta
by oconnor0 17y ago
I'm confused. What does this let you do? Is the idea to find other text/passwords that MD5-hash to the same hash as something else?
And how long should that take at 200M/sec?
- chrischen 17y agoYes. I believe it computes all possible combinations of characters and checks the MD5 hashes until it matches the one you're trying to crack. This isn't the only or first GPU-aided cracker though. I used one to crack an MD5 hased string in about a day on a macbook pro about a year ago. Both CPU and the Nvidia 8600 GPU were used. I believe the string was 6-8 characters long. My computer's fan was running on max for the whole period and by the end the fan was broken and needed repair.