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Hands-On Cryptography with Python

You're reading from   Hands-On Cryptography with Python Leverage the power of Python to encrypt and decrypt data

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789534443
Length 100 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Samuel Bowne Samuel Bowne
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Hashing

Hashing has two main purposes: the first is to put a fingerprint on a file so you can tell whether it has been altered, and the second is to conceal passwords so you can still recognize the correct password and enable login but a person who steals the hash cannot easily recover the password from it.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • MD5 and SHA hashes
  • Windows password hashes
  • Linux password hashes
  • Challenge 1 – cracking Windows hashes
  • Challenge 2 – cracking many-round hashes
  • Challenge 3 – cracking Linux hashes
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Hands-On Cryptography with Python
Published in: Jun 2018
Publisher: Packt
ISBN-13: 9781789534443
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