Understanding why hash cracking is resource-intensive.
Let’s start by ensuring that you have some important prerequisites in place: As password cracking stations can be expensive to purchase, tend to age quickly, and run idle for long periods of time, the shared nature of cloud environments makes the cloud a great alternative to an on-premise cracking station.
This article will discuss the use of cracking cloud computing resources to crack password hashes. In other words, secret phrases have been in use for a long time in security. But consider that the Romans also used “watchwords” for military purposes. For us, what might come to mind is a login password for a computer or an encryption password to keep data confidential. Passwords to secure access to resources have been around for longer than you might think. Immediately apply the skills and techniques learned in SANS courses, ranges, and summits
