tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822757291061444396.post2008901784488325820..comments2024-02-27T03:14:00.412-06:00Comments on From the Canyon Edge: Daemon Challenge 2: How persisent are you?Dustin Kirklandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12464590128908584782noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822757291061444396.post-37408848189918260532009-01-14T12:48:00.000-06:002009-01-14T12:48:00.000-06:00Okay, minutes after my last post, Adam Greig submi...Okay, minutes after my last post, Adam Greig submitted the correct answer, and he is the winner of Challenge 2!<BR/><BR/>I'm not going to post the solution just yet though, as I know some of you are still crunching passwords...<BR/><BR/>Keep at it!<BR/><BR/>I promise the next challenge will build upon this one. It is in your best interest to solve this one, in preparation for the final challenge!<BR/><BR/>:-DustinDustin Kirklandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12464590128908584782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822757291061444396.post-79448867339521780012009-01-14T11:49:00.000-06:002009-01-14T11:49:00.000-06:0024 hours have past since the original post, and we...24 hours have past since the original post, and we still do not have a winner!<BR/><BR/>Perhaps it's time for a couple of hints...<BR/><BR/><B>Hint 1:</B> If you don't even know where to begin, see <A HREF="http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/intrepid/en/man1/ecryptfs-unwrap-passphrase.1.html" REL="nofollow">ecryptfs-unwrap-passphrase(1)</A><BR/><BR/><B>Hint 2:</B> Estimate how many passphrases you can try per second. I told you that this should be crackable within 48 hours...this should give you an upper bound on the length of the passphrase.<BR/><BR/><B>Hint 3:</B> Parallelization is your friend!<BR/><BR/>:-DustinDustin Kirklandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12464590128908584782noreply@blogger.com