john-users - Re: best john optimized architecture?

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Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 04:31:11 -0800
From: Arias Hung <arias@...-g.net>
To: john-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: best john optimized architecture?

On Wed, 01 Feb 2006, Solar Designer delivered in simple text monotype:

> On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 10:49:11PM -0800, Arias Hung wrote:
> > which architecture that in the list of john supported architectures
> > offer the highest combinations/s?
> 
> For DES-based Unix crypt(3) hashes, PowerPC G5 (with AltiVec).
<---snip--->

Very Interesting.  How much of an advantage does the powerpc G5 w/AltiVec
have over the high end 32 bit amd or p4's out of curiousity?

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