http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/11/amazon_cloud_wifi_cracking/ I think this is appropriate for an HPC list. This guy is using GPUs on Amazon's cloud service to brute force 400 000 passwords per second. Smart, but a bit depressing really. John Hearns | CFD Hardware Specialist | McLaren Racing Limited McLaren Technology Centre, Chertsey Road, Woking, Surrey GU21 4YH, UK T: +44 (0) 1483 261000 D: +44 (0) 1483 262352 F: +44 (0) 1483 261010 E: john.hearns@mclaren.com W: www.mclaren.com The contents of this email are confidential and for the exclusive use of the intended recipient. If you receive this email in error you should not copy it, retransmit it, use it or disclose its contents but should return it to the sender immediately and delete your copy. _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE