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Title	An Architecture for Distributed Dictionary Attacks to Cryptosystems
Authors	Tacconi, Simone; Gabrielli, Emanuele; Bisson, Mauro; Bernaschi, Massimo
Abstract	We describe a distributed computing platform to carry out large scale dictionary attacks against cryptosystems compliant to the OpenPGP standard. Moreover, we describe a simplified mechanism to quickly test passphrases that might protect a specified private key ring. Only passphrases that pass this test complete the (much more time consuming) full validation procedure. This approach greatly reduces the time required to test a set of possible passphrases.
Publisher	ACADEMY PUBLISHER
Date	2009-05-01
Source	Journal of Computers Vol 4, No 5 (2009): Special Issue: Security and High Performance Computer Systems
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