Intermediate
Cybersecurity & Cryptography
Q47 / 100
What is a rainbow table attack?
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The correct answer is B) An attack using precomputed hash-to-password lookup tables to crack password hashes without brute force computation at attack time
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Correct Answer
An attack using precomputed hash-to-password lookup tables to crack password hashes without brute force computation at attack time
Explanation
Rainbow tables store hash:password chains. Fast lookup to crack unsalted hashes. Defeated by salting: each password has a unique random salt, making precomputed tables useless.
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