Monday, September 10, 2007

Rainbow Hash Cracking

The multi-platform password cracker Ophcrack is incredibly fast.
How fast?
It can crack the password "Fgpyyih804423" in 160 seconds.

Most people would consider that password fairly secure. The Microsoft password strength checker rates it "strong". The Geekwisdom password strength meter rates it "mediocre".

Why is Ophcrack so fast? Because it uses Rainbow Tables.


Read the article HERE.

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