From: Laurence.Field@shinsei-it.com
Date: Thu Jan 22 2004 - 19:29:45 EST
I hope this helps....
Darwin 7.1 Power Mac G4 Dual 1.42GHz john results: 16854 c/s real,16928 c/s virtual
Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz: 5903 c/s real, 5903 c/s virtual
Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz: 4094 c/s real, 4355 c/s virtual
Pentium III (Coppermine) 2455 c/s real, 2455 c/s virtual
sun 280 (dual 64bits cpu at 900mhz) go to a poor 900 c/s
Sun E280, FreeBSD MD5 [32/32 X2] 1148 c/s real, 1164 c/s virtual
Athlon XP2500 barton at 2300mhz: 3800 c/s (it started at 4500c/s).
Athlon xp 2500 barton (1833mhz) 5308 c/s real, 3500c/s virtual
Laurence Field
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-----Original Message-----
From: Alvin Oga [mailto:alvin.sec@Mail.Linux-Consulting.com]
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 6:41 AM
To: Rafael Núñez
Cc: pen-test@securityfocus.com
Subject: Re: hardware vs. john the ripper - fun
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004, [iso-8859-1] Rafael Núñez wrote:
> Finally , I´m going to buy a hardware specially for password cracking?
> focus in a big one. John will be the player. Center on FreeBSD MD5
> [32/32]
>
> So Which hardware/trademark would the best one?, Proliant Server?
> SGI ? Alpha ones? please i need some links about it
you should buy the fastest cpu and max memory you can afford
- not based on "name brand" products
get a sgi challenge T10000 if you can get one :-)
whether opteron or xeon will run faster for passwd cracking is another issue
which motherboard you pic does make a difference due to which chipset is used on the motherboard ..
intel based chipset is better
serverworks chipset used to be better for the p3/p4 days
c ya
alvin
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