

Also for the money, it's hard to beat the quality and included features of a Supermicro SuperWorkstation. This workstation allows plenty of room, cooling, and upgradability to any future cracking plans. You're going to struggle to get that kind of multi-gpu performance from a gaming setup, and so I chose the Supermicro workstation to foot the bill.
Assemble wpa2 hash full#
So with an estimated timeline of one week at full load/utilization I need reliability and purpose built.

At the completion of a week cracking session, and following solid cracking methodology, I can feel I've given any cracking effort its proper attention with this rig. I wanted a rig with respectable performance that could cover cracking speeds of the most common hash types within one weeks time with fairly comprehensive attack plans. I know this price is out of reach to curious hobbyist but there are still lessons to be learned from following this build. The $5000 "Budget" is tailored towards a small to medium size business and the avid cracking enthusiast crowd. Also if you're needing a resource to aid in making stronger passwords for your most sensitive accounts, go take a look at the One-Time Grid: Random Password Book for random password generation, creation, and storage. Looking for a smaller more cost effective rig? Check out our Pentester's Portable Cracking Rig build. It's assembled with parts that allow future upgrades as prices on components drop and rock solid in any environment allowing you to rack the server or stand it up like a tower.įor a handy reference guide on cracking tool check out HASH CRACK v3 on Amazon now. This rig will give you horsepower but it's not going to knock your socks off. Or you can go all out and attempt to match the awesome speed of Sagitta's Brutalis. With a budget of $5,000 you will find the parts list, assembly, installation, and expected benchmarks if you want to try your hand at building this rig.
Assemble wpa2 hash install#
I never could have imagined the hardest part was getting Nvidia drivers to install properly on Ubuntu, but never fear, every step of the process is included below. I wanted to save as much money as possible while still maintaining a robust solution that can perform at a small enterprise class level. Why build a cracking rig? Because it's fun! This article will explain every step in building what I call a "budget" cracking rig.
