13.10.2008 07:50 Uhr, Quelle: Hardmac.com

Le GPGPU make the security of WPA an illusion

Source : http://www.scmagazineuk.com It is relatively simple to break a Wi-Fi network equipped with a WEP key as we showed you once with a demonstration; the protections WPA and WPA2 are much more secure. Currently the only way is to recover a package of connection, which is easy, but then using a brute force approach that consists in trying all the possible codes until a good key is found. Technically this is possible, however these attacks take a very long time to realize. But now with the arrival of Cuda, where the calculations can be shared with the video cards, this is changed. Under good conditions, Cuda will allow an acceleration by a factor 10 000, which shortens the time to break a network to an acceptable level for those who have the motivation. And pirates are always there ready! It will thus be necessary in the not too distant future to re-examin

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