Users donate idle CPU/GPU cycles via a trusted client. Example: A "Wi-Fi Security Project" could ask volunteers to audit public handshakes (with consent).
| Component | Function | |-----------|----------| | | Collects WPA handshakes (e.g., using airodump-ng ). | | Coordinator Server | Manages job queue, distributes wordlist segments or brute-force ranges. | | Worker Nodes | Execute password hashing (PBKDF2) and compare against handshake MIC. | | Result Aggregator | Stores found passwords, partial progress, and performance metrics. | | Dictionary/Rules Engine | Supplies candidate passwords (e.g., rockyou.txt, custom rules for mutation). | distributed wpa psk auditor