Re: John the Ripper 1.7; pam_passwdqc 1.0+; tcb 1.0; phpass 0.0

[Rainer Duffner <rainer () ultra-secure de>]

Solar Designer wrote:

> Finally, often it is preferable to not spend lots of disk space and lots
> of time and/or bandwidth to generate or download rainbow tables, -- and
> also to not reveal your password hashes to a third party (such as one of
> the online rainbow tables based cracking services).
>  


I don't think such a move (upload hash to 3rd-party site) is covered 
with any sensible pen-tester NDA (and related work).
(Though professional pentesters might have their own set of rainbow-tables)

So, this is a good reason, still.




cheers,
Rainer