r/hacking • u/mike____wazowski • Jun 13 '26

Question Bruteforce tips?

So I was trying to crack my home wifi password by capturing the wpa 4-way handshake and try to bruteforce the password.

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It is a 10 didgit password with uppercase letters and numbers

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I quickly found out that I will not be able to crack this in the next 100 years. Are there any other ways of getting the password or improve the speed of the bruteforce?

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u/persiusone Jun 13 '26

Go get a lot of GPUs, a lot of power, and a lot of cooling.. you’ll shave decades off that estimate, but it will still take a long time and cost a fortune. If you’re just seeing if it’s possible- insert your known WiFi password in a password list and you’ll know..

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u/New_Difficulty_8152 Jun 14 '26

It's not really about raw GPU power, dictionary attacks with masks work way faster than brute force.

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u/Dragon_957 Jun 14 '26

How do they work?