diff --git a/hashcat.hctune b/hashcat.hctune index 879792ddc..e10885513 100644 --- a/hashcat.hctune +++ b/hashcat.hctune @@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ DEVICE_TYPE_GPU * 22700 1 N ## ## First, you need to know the parameters of your SCRYPT hash: N, r and p. ## -## For the default SCRYPT reference those are N=14, r=8 and p=1, but these will likely not match the paremeters used by real-world applications. +## In the SCRYPT reference implementation those parameters are N=14, r=8 and p=1, but these will likely not match the parameters used by real-world applications. ## By reference, the N value represents an exponent (2^N, which we calculate as 1 bit shifted left by N). ## Hashcat expects this N value in decimal: 1 << 14 = 16384 ## @@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ DEVICE_TYPE_GPU * 22700 1 N ## (8GB >> 1) = 4GB < 3.8GB = No, Does not fit ## (8GB >> 2) = 2GB < 3.8GB = Yes! ## -## This process is automated in Hashcat, but it is important to understand what's happening here. +## This process is automated in Hashcat, but it is important to understand what's actually happening here. ## Because of the little overhead from the OS and Hashcat we pay a very high price. ## Even though it is just 200MB, it forces us to increase the TMTO by another step. ## In terms of speed, the speed is now only 1/4 of what we could archieve on that same GPU if it had only 8.2GB ram.