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The University of Akron

2015

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Analysis Of Password Cracking Methods & Applications, John A. Chester Jan 2015

Analysis Of Password Cracking Methods & Applications, John A. Chester

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

This project examines the nature of password cracking and modern applications. Several applications for different platforms are studied. Different methods of cracking are explained, including dictionary attack, brute force, and rainbow tables. Password cracking across different mediums is examined. Hashing and how it affects password cracking is discussed. An implementation of two hash-based password cracking algorithms is developed, along with experimental results of their efficiency.