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'''RainbowCrack''' is a computer program which generates ] to be used in ]. RainbowCrack differs from "conventional" ] crackers in that it uses large pre-computed tables called ]s to reduce the length of time needed to crack a password drastically.<ref name=doc>{{cite web |url=http://www.antsight.com/zsl/rainbowcrack/#Documentation |title=Project RainbowCrack = documentation |accessdate=2008-09-18}}</ref> RainbowCrack was developed by Zhu Shuanglei, and implements an improved ] ] attack which originated in Philippe Oechslin's ].<ref name=doc />
'''RainbowCrack''' is a computer program which generates ] to be used in ]. =RainbowCrack differs from "conventional" ] crackers in that it uses large pre-computed tables called ]s to reduce the length of time needed to crack a password drastically.<ref name=doc>{{cite web |url=http://www.antsight.com/zsl/rainbowcrack/#Documentation |title=Project RainbowCrack = documentation |accessdate=2008-09-18}}</ref> RainbowCrack was developed by Zhu Shuanglei, and implements an improved ] ] attack which originated in Philippe Oechslin's ].<ref name=doc />
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 free over the internet. <ref>{{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}}</ref>
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 free over the internet. <ref>{{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}}</ref>
RainbowCrack is a computer program which generates rainbow tables to be used in password cracking. =RainbowCrack differs from "conventional" brute force crackers in that it uses large pre-computed tables called rainbow tables to reduce the length of time needed to crack a password drastically. RainbowCrack was developed by Zhu Shuanglei, and implements an improved time-memory trade-offcryptanalysis attack which originated in Philippe Oechslin's Ophcrack.
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 free over the internet.
