Password Cracking Tool Fundamentals

In this course, you will learn the fundamentals of Password cracking, and the various tools and techniques associated with beginner level password cracking. Various techniques like hashing, salting, peppering and encrypting passwords for secure storage are discussed. Insight into various tools like John the ripper, Cain and Abel are also given, which are used to crack passwords in realtime. Best practices for securing passwords are discussed, which will help organizations to deploy industrial standard Password policies.