What is a rainbow table attack and how is salting a password defense against it?

Cybersecurity Fundamentals Medium

Cybersecurity Fundamentals — Medium

What is a rainbow table attack and how is salting a password defense against it?

Key points

  • Rainbow table attacks use precomputed hash values
  • Salting adds a unique random value to each password
  • Salting makes precomputed tables ineffective
  • Salting enhances password security
  • Rainbow tables are rendered useless by salting

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