SHA1 and SHA256 shouldn't be used for hashing passwords as they are fast hashing functions. bcrypt / scrypt are recommended, c.f. security.stackexchange.com/questio...
A Rainbow table isn't "a collection of plaintext passwords mapped to their hashed value", it's actually much smarter and a bit more complex: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_table
Great thanks for the clarifications.
About the "Rainbow Table Attacks", it is kind of similar as "Dictionary Attacks" as stated here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary_a...
But the point is about an attack based on pre-computed list of passwords.
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SHA1 and SHA256 shouldn't be used for hashing passwords as they are fast hashing functions. bcrypt / scrypt are recommended, c.f. security.stackexchange.com/questio...
A Rainbow table isn't "a collection of plaintext passwords mapped to their hashed value", it's actually much smarter and a bit more complex: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_table
Great thanks for the clarifications.
About the "Rainbow Table Attacks", it is kind of similar as "Dictionary Attacks" as stated here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary_a...
But the point is about an attack based on pre-computed list of passwords.