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minus-squareRickety Thudds@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoRainbow tables and presumably newer stuff I haven’t heard of make this sort of thing weaker than it used to be
minus-squareClent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoThe rainbow table would have to include every four word combination. At around half a million words in the English dictionary, that’s not a small number. As another XKCD comic illustrates, it’s cheaper to use a wrench.
minus-squareWhelks_chance@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoHow does a rainbow table help here? They’re more for decoding unsalted encrypted database tables, rather than for actually trying to login.
minus-squareI<3HEATPUMPS@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoSalting makes rainbow tables pretty much useless, and salting has been a standard practise for a few decades now.
Rainbow tables and presumably newer stuff I haven’t heard of make this sort of thing weaker than it used to be
The rainbow table would have to include every four word combination. At around half a million words in the English dictionary, that’s not a small number.
As another XKCD comic illustrates, it’s cheaper to use a wrench.
How does a rainbow table help here? They’re more for decoding unsalted encrypted database tables, rather than for actually trying to login.
Salting makes rainbow tables pretty much useless, and salting has been a standard practise for a few decades now.