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Rainbow table

A rainbow table is a precomputed table for caching the outputs of a cryptographic hash function, usually for cracking password hashes. Passwords are typically stored not in plain text form, but as hash values. If such a database of hashed passwords falls into the hands of attackers, they can use a precomputed rainbow table to recover the plaintext…

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Rainbow tables

CollisionsMD5WindowsPassword crackerOphcrack
8 related topics

Background

AuthenticationPlaintextHashesInvertingBrute-force attacks
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Defense against rainbow tables

ConcatenationBcryptLinuxBSDSolaris
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Precomputed hash chains

Data structureDomainCodomainCollision resistant
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Precomputed hash chains

Rainbow tables

Defense against rainbow tables

Common uses

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Rainbow table

Nodes46
Edges45
Triples43
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.043478
Components1

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Rainbow table

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related to Common uses · 13
Rainbow table → BSD, GPU-based, However, LAN Manager, Linux, MD4, MD5, Nearly, NT LAN Manager, NTLM, Rainbow, The Microsoft Windows NT/2000, Unix
related to Etymology · 9
Rainbow table → Crypto, Figure, For, Hellman, Oechslin, Oechslin's, Rainbow, The, When
related to Rainbow tables · 9
Rainbow table → In, New, R1, Rainbow, Rk, The, These, This, Using
related to Example · 8
Rainbow table → At, Here, If, Note, Rainbow, Starting, This, We
related to External links · 2
Rainbow table → Ophcrack, Philippe Oechslin The
is a · 1
Rainbow table → precomputed table for caching the outputs of a cryptographic hash function
related to Defense against rainbow tables · 1
Rainbow table → For

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hash password table rainbow chain tables function value passwords chains salt reduction used hashes one different stored attacker values time

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Rainbow tableis aprecomputed table for caching the outputs of a cryptographic hash function0.90text
Rainbow tablerelated to Common usesNearly0.60section
Rainbow tablerelated to Common usesUnix0.60section
Rainbow tablerelated to Common usesLinux0.60section
Rainbow tablerelated to Common usesBSD0.60section
Rainbow tablerelated to Common usesMD50.60section
Rainbow tablerelated to Common usesThe Microsoft Windows NT/20000.60section
Rainbow tablerelated to Common usesLAN Manager0.60section
Rainbow tablerelated to Common usesNT LAN Manager0.60section
Rainbow tablerelated to Common usesMD40.60section
Rainbow tablerelated to Common usesRainbow0.60section
Rainbow tablerelated to Common usesGPU-based0.60section

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