---
id: 8291
title: "GPU Cracking: Setting up a Server"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/network-pentesting/gpu-cracking-setting-up-a-server/"
published_at: "2013-04-15T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["ubuntu", "amd", "gpu-cracking", "password-cracking", "hashcat", "john-the-ripper", "setup"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8291"
lang: en
---

# GPU Cracking: Setting up a Server

## Summary

A walkthrough for building a headless GPU cracking server: installing Ubuntu 12.10, AMD drivers, oclHashcat-plus, and John the Ripper, tailored to AMD cards since Linux driver support lags Windows.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2013-04-15T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/network-pentesting/gpu-cracking-setting-up-a-server/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8291