http://matasanochargen.disqus.com/enSat, 08 Apr 2006 23:04:17 -0000http://www.matasano.com/log/210/16-years-of-password-cracking/#comment-2319683<p>Wow, things sure have come a long way. When I wrote PalmCrack (<a href="http://www.noncon.org" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="www.noncon.org">www.noncon.org</a>) it managed 25 c/s on the Motorola Dragonball processor. Alec Muffett says that in 1992 when working on Crack, replacing crypt() with fcrypt() yielded 25 crypts/sec on a Sun 3/60.</p><p>Passwords won't protect you. Your OS won't protect you (iMac hacked in less than 30 minutes). I guess the best defense is:</p><p>(1) Keep the ankle biters at bay<br>(2) Don't be a target of the determined</p><p>Steve<br>Steve Lodin | Homepage | 03.07.06 - 10:10 am | #</p>blogSat, 08 Apr 2006 23:04:17 -0000