Conclusion

The advent of relatively low-cost graphics processors, mounted on cards that can be used in parallel, offers computing power that opens up new possibilities for studying and breaking cryptographic or hash algorithms. As the user is only human, he remains weak and predictable, and this can be used to increase the probability of finding passwords. Used wisely, there are free, well-maintained, high-performance and reliable tools available to use these materials to study the quality of passwords, on which the security of our data and access still too often rests.

With the use of such hardware and software in a distributed way, there is no doubt that the power will be further multiplied, also increasing the risk of having these passwords decoded by ill-intentioned people. More effective approaches, such as encouraging users to adopt best practices such as password management...