DistRTgen: WU handout stop (likely 2+ weeks)

[STE\/E]

From PaPa Smurf at the Project Forum ...

As many of you have noticed, we are trying to find a way to finance FreeRainbowTables. Unfortunately, PayPal has terminated our relationship. We have also talked with another company regarding the possibility and they have also denied us.

Most of the problem appears to be a bit of a misunderstanding about what we are actually doing. We are not trying to just run around and randomly crack every password in the world!!! We are trying to make it clear that some password methodologies should be retired, replaced immediately and never used again.

Unfortunately, our public password cracking database appears to indicate to people that we are just cracking every password in the world. As a result, it has been removed. When it will return? We don't know. Will it ever return? We will try. Frankly, it depends largely on the perception of the bank or company that ends up assisting us with receiving funds. If they see it as a tool to clearly prove to developers the world over that unsalted, tiny passwords, ran through an algorithm one time are a very very bad idea, then yes, it'll probably return. If they think we are just randomly hacking the entire universe and somehow making checking accounts the world over less secure, then it'll probably not return.

[Philadelphia]

That sucks the big one. I actually like what they're doing.

[Fire$torm]

It is a wonder how business professionals with Master Degrees and Doctorates can be so blatantly stupid. If such people cannot learn to separate fact from fiction in this modern technological world then we are all screwed.

[Mike029]

I wonder if this is the beginning of the end?

[DrPop]

Dude, sometimes you just want to take people and give them a good wake up call. What is up with the world, and why can they not see the point of this project isn't to hack anyone! It's to help all developers figure out what is best to use!

So...is this the end for good CUDA credits? That would mean all we have left is Moo! for decent return . . .

[STE\/E]

You still have the PG Project, yes the Credits have been cut in half but it's still the best Paying CUDA Project out there if DIRT don't come back up again ... Pay's as much on my CUDA Cards if not a little more than MOO does on my ATI Cards ...

[Philadelphia]

That would mean all we have left is Moo! for decent return . . .

I'm angry with Moo at the moment, lol.

[DrPop]

You still have the PG Project, yes the Credits have been cut in half but it's still the best Paying CUDA Project out there if DIRT don't come back up again ... Pay's as much on my CUDA Cards if not a little more than MOO does on my ATI Cards ...

Unless I am really off on my calculations (which I could be!), I am going to have to differ on this. I worked it out a while back - X$ on a CUDA card vs X$ on spent on an ATI/AMD card, they were about equal for DiRT credits or Moo! credits (well, DNETC at the time I did the math). If we drop down to PG credits vs Moo! credits, then we're not getting as much CUDA credits for the $. If you take Moo! out as well, then it's about even, because I think PG on a given priced CUDA GPU is roughly = to a similar priced ATI/AMD GPU crunching MW.

[STE\/E]

I did over 600k @ PG Yesterday with my Dual GTX 570 Box's & over 600k @ Moo with the better running 5970 Box ... PG & DIRT Pay way more on the NVIDIA Cards than on the ATI Cards

[spingadus]

I hope this doesn't mean they are done. Besides the fact that I like the project, I'm only 1 day away from hitting my 50 Million MM.