A table of hash values and their corresponding plaintext values that can be used to look up password values if an attacker is able to steal a system's encrypted password file is known as a(n) __________.
A) rainbow table
B) dictionary
C) crib
D) crack file

Question

A table of hash values and their corresponding plaintext values that can be used to look up password values if an attacker is able to steal a system's encrypted password file is known as a(n) __________.
A) rainbow table  
B) dictionary 
C) crib 
D) crack file

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Rainbow tables are precomputed tables of hash values and their corresponding plaintext values that can be used to look up password values if an attacker is able to steal a system's encrypted password file. A dictionary is a list of commonly used passwords or words that an attacker can use to guess a user's password. A crib is a known or guessed portion of the password that an attacker can use to reduce the search space for cracking the password. A crack file is a file containing password hashes and other information that an attacker can use to crack passwords.

A Table of Hash Values and Their Corresponding Plaintext Values