I’m going to talk about using graphic processors for accelerating cryptographic algorithms and, thus, password recovery. Some information on GPU architecture will be given along with general optimization strategies. Step by step, you’ll see how to build GPU-enabled password cracker from ground up and turn your GeForce into password crunching machine :-)
Andrey is a security researcher and software engineer at Elcomsoft (www.elcomsoft.com), a password recovery company. He is involved in analysis of real-world security systems. Area of his research interest includes practical cryptography, high-performance and distributed computing (including that on GPUs and special hardware).