Password Cracking 201: Rainbow Tables

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"Rainbow tables" enable malicious hackers to break the encryption protecting password files. This video shows how much more effective rainbow tables are than the "brute force" method of systematically trying to guess all possible password combinations. Hosted by Corey Nachreiner, CISSP. Produced for the WatchGuard Wire.

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Password Cracking 201: Rainbow Tables

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  • Rainbow Tables.

    How would I generate my own Rainbow Tables locally?

    By HCR-TECH 1220550379 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • What he typed in ...

    What he typed in was probably:

    rcrack *.rt -f pwdump#16.txt

    Are you happy, script kiddie? Keep in mind it's useless since you probably don't have the rainbow tables necessary to crack your LM hashes. If you weren't dumb, you'd just look at the help option output.

    By Dalem50005 [Affiliate User] 1218009600 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • The only con I ...

    The only con I personally think about rainbow tables is the fact it takes a couple days to generate a good rainbow table(s). The time eventually is worth it once you have it generated.

    By Dalem50005 [Affiliate User] 1218009115 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • what is he writing ...

    what is he writing on 3:12 in cmd.exe please tell me

    By gleisq [Affiliate User] 1210762635 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Exellent video. But ...

    Exellent video. But you forgot to tell that it easelly can take up to two days to generate the rainbow-table :). Alsom is it only LM hashes it can crack?

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  • thx dude

    thx dude

    By phicho05 [Affiliate User] 1207889214 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • You will make a ...

    You will make a great instructor. Good job!!

    By testgp [Affiliate User] 1202906507 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • that IS scary XD ...

    that IS scary XD thank god my passwords are longer than 14 chars :D

    By Myriagonvaltorix [Affiliate User] 1195219479 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • cool!

    cool!

    By BigFatButt [Affiliate User] 1193950015 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Omg that is scary!

    Omg that is scary!

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