<div dir="ltr">I read the article you mentioned and the method for cracking is still the same method they just figured out that if you use hundreds/thousands of networked pc's that it goes faster.<div><br></div><div>From the article:</div>
<div><br></div><div>"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; ">The 100-fold increase in speed is achieved with two GeForce GTX280's per workstation"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><br>
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; ">Now that is two (2) Nvidia GTX 280's per workstation. They also said you would need 20 of these workstations.</span><br></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">They also mentioned in the article that:</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">"This will, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">of course, mainly affect <span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">simple ascii keys</span>.</span></span> And it will only work against static keys; anyone using more complicated authentication schemes will not be at risk for now. But since that takes a couple of extra minutes when installing, smaller businesses or departments often skip setting this up."</span></div>
<div><br></div><div>I hope that no one is using simple keys for their passwords. "abcd1234" will be cracked quickly whereas "a^b#c$d*1.2,3?4" will take a lot longer.</div><div><br></div><div>original article: <a href="http://securityandthe.net/2008/10/12/russian-researchers-achieve-100-fold-increase-in-wpa2-cracking-speed/">http://securityandthe.net/2008/10/12/russian-researchers-achieve-100-fold-increase-in-wpa2-cracking-speed/</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>So I would say make sure your WPA keys are updated to a good password. Make sure that you change it regularly (The R<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre; ">on Popeil "Set it and forget it" method of security is not good). Also don't put important financial data over wireless. I also would make sure to not piss off anyone with $20,000 in top of the line nvidia graphics cards.</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;">Thanks,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;">Arron</span></div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Mark Riedesel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mriedesel@gmail.com">mriedesel@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div dir="ltr">Those ingenious Russians. I plan to be there!<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 9:18 AM, agamotto <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:agamotto@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank">agamotto@sbcglobal.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex"> I read last night that apparently gfx cards can now be used to hack WEP and WPA networks with relative ease. Anyone coming to the meeting tomorrow care to discuss setting up a VPN with the usual DSL or Cable router/modem setup? I am a bit confused as to where the VPN sits in terms of setup.<br>
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I figured this might be a good discussion topic!<br>
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