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jiggy2011 on Dec 10, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: 25-GPU cluster cracks every standard Windows passw...

Some versions of Windows (XP and lower I believe?) would split long passwords into 2 hashes, effectively allowing them to be cracked in parallel.

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