[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:21:34 +0100
From: Solar Designer <solar@...nwall.com>
To: john-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: GekkoScience NEWPAC (Dual BM1387) USB Stickminer (New 2PAC)
On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 09:42:55AM -0500, Powen Cheng wrote:
> Even not through the use of open source of cgminer?
No.
> I would think solving
> SHA256 hashes on this miner would be the same as solving hashes on JTR?
It isn't.
Bitcoin miners compute double-SHA-256 (not SHA-256) of block headers
(not passwords), in which they adjust the nonce field, and then compare
the result for being not greater than target (not for being equal to a
target hash). This is a sufficiently different task from what we have
in password cracking to make Bitcoin mining ASICs non-reusable.
The only exception here is if someone deliberately designs a new
password hashing scheme around Bitcoin mining, specifically to reuse
those ex-miners for defensive password hashing. Then the ex-miners
would also be usable offensively. But to my knowledge, no one does that
defensively, so there's also nothing to attack in this way.
Alexander
Powered by blists - more mailing lists
Confused about mailing lists and their use?
Read about mailing lists on Wikipedia
and check out these
guidelines on proper formatting of your messages.
