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JimBob

06-20-2017, 06:04 AM
I'm attempting to crack using CPU only (scrypt).  Wondering if hashcat by default will use and distribute work load across all resources in  6,8,12 or 20  core CPU's without any tuning or additional drivers..

TheBogeyman

06-20-2017, 06:07 AM
yes but cpu cracking is slow,.. why not with gpu?

epixoip

06-20-2017, 06:32 AM
Because scrypt.

And yes, it will use all cores.
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