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On Efficiency of Distributed Password Recovery

HRANICKÝ, R.; HOLKOVIČ, M.; MATOUŠEK, P.; RYŠAVÝ, O. On Efficiency of Distributed Password Recovery. The Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law, 2016, vol. 11, no. 2, p. 79-95. ISSN: 1558-7215.
Czech title
Efektivita distribuované obnovy hesel
Type
journal article
Language
English
Authors
Hranický Radek, Ing., Ph.D. (DIFS)
Holkovič Martin, Ing., Ph.D.
Matoušek Petr, doc. Ing., Ph.D., M.A. (DIFS)
Ryšavý Ondřej, doc. Ing., Ph.D. (DIFS)
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Keywords

password recovery, distributed computing, digital forensics, BOINC, cost efficiency

Abstract

One of the major challenges in digital forensics today is data encryption. Due to the leaked information about unlawful sniffing, many users decided to protect their data by encryption. In case of criminal activities, forensic experts are challenged how to decipher suspects' data that are subject to investigation. A common method how to overcome password-based pro- tection is a brute force password recovery using GPU-accelerated hardware. This approach seems to be expensive. This paper presents an alternative approach using task distribution based on BOINC platform. The cost, time, and energy efficiency of this approach is discussed and compared to the GPU-based solution.

Published
2016
Pages
79–95
Journal
The Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law, vol. 11, no. 2, ISSN 1558-7215
DOI
10.15394/jdfsl.2016.1380
UT WoS
000393413400006
BibTeX 
@article{BUT131021,
  author="Radek {Hranický} and Martin {Holkovič} and Petr {Matoušek} and Ondřej {Ryšavý}",
  title="On Efficiency of Distributed Password Recovery",
  journal="The Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law",
  year="2016",
  volume="11",
  number="2",
  pages="79--95",
  doi="10.15394/jdfsl.2016.1380",
  issn="1558-7215",
  url="https://commons.erau.edu/jdfsl/vol11/iss2/5/"
}
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