Anti-GPU Password Cracking

Making Brute Force Attacks Impractical

In traditional CPU architecture, we typically see 4/8/12 cores inside a processor. However, even an entry-level GPU contains at least 3,000 cores. This presents a significant security concern when someone uses GPUs for brute force password cracking – they can achieve tremendous calculation speedups by deploying multiple GPUs simultaneously.

Consider this: an attacker with 1,000 GPUs (each having 3,000 cores) can potentially achieve a 3,000,000x speedup in brute force calculations. With this kind of computational power, passwords shorter than 14 characters become relatively easy targets.