Re:Data Breach Reveals 100k IEEE.org Members' Plaintext Pass...
by ZoFreX on Wednesday September 26, 2012 @04:06AM
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> rainbow tables are no longer particularly relevant to cracking passwords
If you use a common hash with no salt you can bet your britches the attacker will use rainbow tables!
It's also worth pointing out that rainbow tables aren't the only attack you are exposed to if you don't salt your passwords - it also prevents finding collisions, and massively slows down forward hashing attacks.
If you use a common hash with no salt you can bet your britches the attacker will use rainbow tables!
It's also worth pointing out that rainbow tables aren't the only attack you are exposed to if you don't salt your passwords - it also prevents finding collisions, and massively slows down forward hashing attacks.