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Does anyone actually use rainbow tables to crack password hashes anymore with GPUs being so fast?

• kstrauser 6y ago
  An O(1) "is this hash known?" lookup is going to be faster than any GPU code.
  • ryanlol 6y ago
    In a world with unlimited IO throughput and very few hashes to crack, yeah. Discussion from 2017: https://hashcat.net/forum/thread-6219.html https://hashcat.net/forum/thread-6219.html From 2018: https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/186953/cracking-passwords-via-hashcat-or-rainbow-tables-which-is-faster https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/186953/cracking... GPUs are much faster now. I doubt you’ll find many people using rainbowcrack or similar tools in 2021. OTOH https://www.rainbowcrackalack.com/ https://www.rainbowcrackalack.com/
    • kstrauser 6y ago
      Huh, TIL. Thanks for the links.