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Re:Hackers ship their exploits directly to their target’s ma... by austinheap on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @02:00PM (#20637183)
This is why we have rainbow tables.
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Re:Hackers ship their exploits directly to their target’s ma... by vntok on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @02:06PM (#20637238)
Rainbow tables don't work here because the password is salted.
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Re:Hackers ship their exploits directly to their target’s ma... by hleach on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @02:50PM (#20637660)
A salt can't do it's job when it's reused.

There are WPA rainbow tables for common ssid's available online.

If your ssid is "Linksys" it takes only moments to look up a weak password.

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