On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 10:44 AM, < [email protected]> wrote:
> On 2014-04-23 11:34, Ed Leafe wrote: > >> On Apr 23, 2014, at 10:30 AM, Rafael Copquin <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> What is a "rainbow table" ? >>> >> >> Sort of a reverse directory. If you take the most common things that >> people use for passwords and hash them with basic techniques, you get >> a table of values that you can then use to look up the original >> password. Example: let's say you're totally lame and use 'password' as >> your password. The MD5 hash would be >> '5f4dcc3b5aa765d61d8327deb882cf99' >> >> Now if someone gets access to the user info tables, and sees a user >> whose hashed password is '5f4dcc3b5aa765d61d8327deb882cf99', you know >> their original password. >> > > > Hence why you'd "salt" it by adding some extra string to the password > before saving it. Some on here have talked about random salts, but that > gives me a headache. How would you keep track of the random salt? > ------------- > string[] guidSplit = ID.ToString().*Split*('-'); >From there you could use another piece of data, creationDate, to follow how you are mixing up this array. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Analyst Ring Container Technology Oakland TN 901.246-0159 cell --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cajidmy++cq9rmyrihoqbzkq5cooxrm_14ku4oj9gwtdsii9...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
