Re:SSH known_hosts hash cracking with Hashcat
by cranesan on Thursday September 27, 2018 @02:04AM
(#18082380)
(disclosure - I've had conversations with the author of this tool)
I'd say that it's HashKnownHosts that is impractical, not the attack. One of the reasons someone would publish a tool like this is to raise awareness of the brittle security HashKnownHosts offers vs. modern GPUs.
I'd say that it's HashKnownHosts that is impractical, not the attack. One of the reasons someone would publish a tool like this is to raise awareness of the brittle security HashKnownHosts offers vs. modern GPUs.