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Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 16:21:58 -0300
From: Ricardo CYRYLZ MIESZKO <cyrylz.mieszko@...il.com>
To: john-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: AMD and MacOS OpenCL issues
I can send you the hash file, but first I'll recompile JtR to increment the
max len.
Thanks.
On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 10:28 AM Claudio André <claudioandre.br@...il.com>
wrote:
> Hi
>
> We can easily find errors in the Apple OpenCL runtime and in AMD drivers.
> If you intend to actually crack using any of these, make sure that all
> target formats are NOT problematic on these "platforms".
>
> Driver errors are difficult to troubleshoot. And we need volunteers working
> on it. We are aware of several bugs.
>
> Besides, OpenCL and CPU formats are TWO DIFFERENT formats:
> - the implementation details and limits are NOT the same.
> - the maximum length, the supported algorithms, and so on, differ.
>
> Something that is crackable using a CPU format may be not crackable using
> the OpenCL format.
>
> And, please:
> - provide (in private) the problematic file. The hash created by a *2john
> tool, at least.
> ----------
>
> BTW: and that's my opinion, we desperately need hardware to test JtR. I
> recently discovered that it may be more complicated to use AMD hardware
> nowadays (https://github.com/magnumripper/JohnTheRipper/issues/4188).
> Devs need help.
>
> Claudio
>
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