phc-discussions - Re: [PHC] "Why I Don't Recommend Scrypt"

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Message-ID: <CAHOTMVJwq5TXy2PfbCnxDpX6etQ-H3PxRuTJiPUGw=ar9apqnA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 15:00:25 -0700
From: Tony Arcieri <bascule@...il.com>
To: "discussions@...sword-hashing.net" <discussions@...sword-hashing.net>
Subject: Re: [PHC] "Why I Don't Recommend Scrypt"

On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 2:58 PM, Peter Maxwell <peter@...icient.co.uk>wrote:

> Sorry for resurrecting an earlier incarnation of this thread but wanted to
> pose the question: are we actually worried about people using ASICs for
> password cracking?
>

While not quite the same thing as ASICS, people are definitely using FPGAs
for cracking:

https://www.cloudcracker.com/

FPGAs aren't as fast as ASICs, but allow the attacker to custom-tailor
circuits to the particular password hash they're trying to crack.

-- 
Tony Arcieri

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