BR-1: Attacks on MD5 Hashed Passwords 1 Attacks on MD5 Hashed Passwords

Abstract—Message Digest 5 is used commonly to create hash of passwords to allow an encrypted form of password to be sent over network or stored in file system. This paper analyses several password-cracking techniques and compares them for exploiting MD5 hashed passwords. Rainbow Tables have been used to successfully crack LAN Manager passwords and may be useful for cracking MD5 hashed password