OpenCL support for RACF KDFAES
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enhancement
- Dominant language
- C
- Stars
- 13.6k
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Description
This is related to https://github.com/magnumripper/JohnTheRipper/issues/2511 (Support RACF KDFAES hashes).
We have CPU support now (thanks to @bigendiansmalls). It would be awesome to get OpenCL support too.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing issue #2511 and the existing CPU support for RACF KDFAES in the John the Ripper repository. Identify the OpenCL integration point and compare its validation with the CPU implementation; done means OpenCL support produces matching results.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- cryptography
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100