Exam 312-50v11 topic 1 question 202 discussion

Actual exam question from ECCouncil's 312-50v11

Question #: 202
Topic #: 1

Ethical hacker Jane Doe is attempting to crack the password of the head of the IT department of ABC company. She is utilizing a rainbow table and notices upon entering a password that extra characters are added to the password after submitting.
What countermeasure is the company using to protect against rainbow tables?

A. Account lockout
B. Password hashing
C. Password key hashing
D. Password salting

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Suggested Answer: D 🗳️

by americaman80 at April 15, 2021, 6:12 p.m.

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Daniel8660

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Selected Answer: D

Password Salting Password salting is a technique where a random string of characters are added to the password before calculating their hashes.Advantage: Salting makes it more difficult to reverse the hashes and defeat pre-computed hash attacks. #Note: Windows password hashes are not salted. (P.616/600)

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