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Originally Posted by ratinox
A rainbow table is a table of precomputed hashes of common passwords, dictionary words, and combinations.
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That's all true, but even something as weak as Linux MD5Crypt has added "salt" to the encryption so that even a single password has 2^128 different hashes that you'd have to store.
If you think that it's that easy could you please crack the root password for a NetGear LM1200 modem? This is the factory password, not a personal one. I really could use the answer.
Code:
root:$1$uH6tuGYf$bjaX370zwmzgNHP/YhrAQ/
Yes, a farm of processors could crack it eventually but it would require a non-insignificant amount of electricity.
I wrote my own password cracker and if the password is "root" or "password" it cracks it inside the blink of an eye.