Into The Rainbow: Google’s NTLMv1 Rainbow Tables Explained in a Bit Too Much Detail

<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em><strong>TL;DR: </strong>Google published a blog post with accompanying rainbow tables targeting the Data Encryption Standard (DES) key space. The tables enable recovery of the NT hash used to generate the ciphertexts in NTLMv1 responses. We’ll dive into the tables, the recovery process, and ideally demystify any lingering questions.</em></p>

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