10 Oct
2019
10 Oct
'19
8:05 p.m.
It's here, too:
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/10/forum-cracks-the-vin…
On 10/10/2019 9:57 AM, Henry Bent wrote:
I have no opinion on the password hacking (especially
since Ken seemed
fine with it), but this is to me distasteful. The media was alerted,
and that media was of all things The Register? It's not exactly a
site known for its thoughtful or balanced journalism.
-Henry
On Thu, 10 Oct 2019 at 04:22, Dan Cross <crossd(a)gmail.com
<mailto:crossd@gmail.com>> wrote:
On Wed, Oct 9, 2019, 1:50 AM Nigel Williams
<nw(a)retrocomputingtasmania.com
<mailto:nw@retrocomputingtasmania.com>> wrote:
ken is done:
ZghOT0eRm4U9s:p/q2-q4!
took 4+ days on an AMD Radeon Vega64 running hashcat at about
930MH/s
during that time (those familiar know the hash-rate fluctuates and
slows down towards the end).
This feat made it The Register:
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/10/09/ken_thompsons_old_unix_password_cr…
- Dan C.