Solve : Password-cracking chip causes security concerns?

1.	Solve : Password-cracking chip causes security concerns?
Answer» A technique for cracking computer passwords using inexpensive off-the-shelf computer graphics hardware is causing a stir in the computer security community. Elcomsoft, a software company based in MOSCOW, Russia, has filed a US patent for the technique. It TAKES advantage of the "massively parallel processing" capabilities of a graphics processing unit (GPU) - the processor NORMALLY USED to produce REALISTIC graphics for video games. Using an $800 graphics card from nVidia called the GeForce 8800 Ultra, Elcomsoft increased the speed of its password cracking by a factor of 25, according to the company's CEO, Vladimir Katalov. Link

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