Simple distributed example for learning purposes?

[r0g]

Tim Golden wrote:
> On 15/01/2010 15:43, r0g wrote:
>> Distributed password cracking? It's really simple yet potentially
>> engaging and could be a good segway into teaching them about
>> computability and security. All you need is a bunch of password hashes
>> and a wordlist.
> 
> At the moment, that's pretty much what my example is. I'm hanging
> on to other people's examples in the event that I get the chance
> to make use of them. And, yes, I intend to use it as an opportunity
> to talk about security issues.
> 
> Thanks for confirming that the idea is at least credible.
> 
> TJG
> 
> (BTW, is segway a conventional way of spelling that where you come
> from? I've not seen it written that way before.)


No, it turns out not. I've never encountered the written form of it
before (until I googled it just now to check!) so I had assumed it was
spelled as per the freaky gyroscopically stabilized scooter things.

Good luck with the course.

Cheers,

Roger.