Top "Rainbowtable" questions

A rainbow table is a precomputed table for reversing cryptographic hash functions, usually for cracking password hashes.

How does password salt help against a rainbow table attack?

I'm having some trouble understanding the purpose of a salt to a password. It's my understanding that the primary use …

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TypeError: must be string or buffer, not int

i am trying to solve the Rainbow Tables issue with password encryption and have come only this far. import sys …

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Salt Generation and open source software

As I understand it, the best practice for generating salts is to use some cryptic formula (or even magic constant) …

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RAR passwords, why don't rainbow tables work?

I've been looking around for encryption and I've seen several implementations of Rainbow Tables work like charm on passwords (say …

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