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The goal is to find the original password, but you’re finding the hash. Finding the hash doesn’t help you in the slightest with finding a password that hashes t
by chrismorgan 5y ago
The goal is to find the original password, but you’re finding the hash. Finding the hash doesn’t help you in the slightest with finding a password that hashes to that.
Put another way: here, I’ll tell you the hash: DF50B84AFEE438987ECE1542A4D1BCAB4079215EF38C3C3CBB2F4A122886DF27. Now tell me the password. You have 0% chance of succeeding in your lifetime, to at least a dozen decimal places.
- phire 5y agoIt all depends on how complex the password is. For an 8 char password, it would take a few min. For a 10 char alphanumeric password, several months on a single GPU For a 12 char alphanumeric password, Half a century on a single GPU, less if you are willing to throw money at it. The time would be significantly reduced if the password was vulnerable to a dictionary attack