05-13-2015, 03:57 AM
(05-12-2015, 09:18 PM)KT819GM Wrote: It's not the same to have virtual machine than real hardware on hand. To tell otherwise is same like to shout about having hot night with inflatable woman. Your g2.8xlarge speed's lower than HD5970 which was released in ~2009 so not so nice.
Perhaps I should explain..
I am not claiming that a g2.8xlarge EC2 instance is a viable alternative to hashing with modern GPUs. I am painfully aware that there is more up-to-date hardware out there. However, for my purposes it is a completely acceptable, and in fact the only, alternative I have.
My goal is not to crack the password to the Gibson, rather, spend an hour here and there testing projects that integrate networking. Perhaps spend an occasional weekend flipping bits.
Being a broke infosec undergrad, I do not have the money to drop on new hardware, and I won't any time in the next couple of years.
Finally I realize I can spend 10min crunching wordlists that would have taken days on my laptop, and for less than the money that is floating around my floorboard.
As a student, this has been an outstandingly helpful self-guided primer in cudaHashcat. I plan to use spot instances in the future for other small projects.
So as far as education goes, yes. Very nice.