[aklug] Re: Security issue

From: Shane Spencer <shane@bogomip.com>
Date: Mon Jan 17 2011 - 21:20:19 AKST

You don't even want to know how often I have to fend off EC2 bots for
SIP/HTTP/SSH.

On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Jim Gribbin <jimgribbin@gmail.com> wrote:
> I just ran across something on Slashdot that appears to me to be reason
> to be concerned.
>
> http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/01/13/2024237/Amazon-EC2-Enables-Cheap-Brute-Force-Attacks
>
> That Amazon EC2 server thingie they have going on appears to have GPU
> cluster arrays available, cheap. Seems some German white hat hack has
> figured out a way to use one to brute force WPA-PSK wireless security in
> 6 minutes at about $1.68, so he claims anyway.
>
> It seems to me if one of these GPU cluster thingies can be used to crack
> this, it can be used to crack other things as well. A PGP encrypted hard
> disk for instance.
>
> Maybe someone here can explain why I have no reason for concern.
>
> Jim G
>
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