- RainbowCrack
Infobox_Software
name = RainbowCrack
caption = Demonstration of the RainbowCrack
collapsible = yes
developer = Zhu Shuanglei
latest_release_version = 1.2
latest_release_date = release_date|2008|04|25
latest_preview_version =
latest_preview_date =
operating_system = Windows andLinux
programming_language =
genre =password cracking
license =
website = http://www.antsight.com/zsl/rainbowcrack/RainbowCrack is the name of a computer program which generates
rainbow tables to be used inpassword cracking . RainbowCrack differs from "conventional"brute force crackers in that it uses large pre-computed tables calledrainbow table s to reduce the length of time needed to crack a password drastically.cite web |url=http://www.antsight.com/zsl/rainbowcrack/#Documentation |title=Project RainbowCrack = documentation |accessdate=2008-09-18] RainbowCrack was developed by Zhu Shuanglei, and implements an improvedtime-memory trade-off cryptanalysis attack which originated in Philippe Oechslin'sOphcrack .As RainbowCrack's purpose is to generate rainbow tables and not to crack passwords per-se, some organizations have endeavored to make RainbowCrack's rainbow tables available for free over the internet. [cite web |url=http://www.darknet.org.uk/2006/02/password-cracking-with-rainbowcrack-and-rainbow-tables/ |title= Password Cracking with Rainbowcrack and Rainbow Tables |accessdate=2008-09-18]
References
External links
* [http://www.antsight.com/zsl/rainbowcrack/ Project RainbowCrack] - Developers official site.
* [http://www.ethicalhacker.net/content/view/94/24/ Rainbow Tables & Rainbow Crack tutorial]
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