[SOLVED] installing rainbowcrack

[chex_m8]

will someone walk me through installing rainbowcrack, i already have the src file downloaded. i did the make -f makefile.linux command already. now what?

[Rhubarb]

Could you please post a link to the rainbowcrack site you're referring to?
As I haven't heard of the software myself.

Please post the link, as I'm curious about the software, and have experience with compiling ophcrack (which uses rainbow tables too) for ubuntu 8.04.

[chex_m8]

http://www.antsight.com/zsl/rainbowcrack/ this is where i downloaded it.

[Crafty Kisses]

http://www.antsight.com/zsl/rainbowcrack/ this is where i downloaded it.

Do you have build essentials installed?

[Rhubarb]

Ok, the good news is that it is easy to compile.
You may want to look at ophcrack (http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/), it's really easy to use, the live cd is even easier to use.


If you want to compile rainbowcrack youself, then read on:

You'll need a few packages first, grab:

sudo aptitude install build-essential openssl libssl-dev

Download rainbowcrack-1.2-src.zip, and un-zip it to your home folder.
(and unzip rainbowcrack-1.2-src-algorithmpatch.zip to ~/rainbowcrack-1.2-src/src if you want use of md5 and other hashing stuff).

Open up a terminal, and change to the ~/rainbowcrack-1.2-src/src directory:

cd ~/rainbowcrack-1.2-src/src

Now to compile it:

make -f makefile.linux

That generates a few files for you, the important ones you need are:
charset.txt
list.txt
random_lm_alpha#1-7.hash
random_lm_alpha#1-7.plain
random_md5_loweralpha#1-7.hash
random_md5_loweralpha#1-7.plain
random_sha1_loweralpha#1-7.hash
random_sha1_loweralpha#1-7.plain
rcrack
rtdump
rtgen
rtsort

So if you like, copy those files to a new directory.
Then to use it, an example would be:

./rtgen lm alpha 1 7 0 2100 8000000 all

A good tutorial for it is here (http://www.antsight.com/zsl/rainbowcrack/rcracktutorial.htm).
This program worked for me for a simple 3 character xp password I created myself solely as a test for the program.


Again, if you're wanting to use this for windows passwords, use ophcrack, it's much easier to use.

[Crafty Kisses]

Ok, the good news is that it is easy to compile.
You may want to look at ophcrack (http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/), it's really easy to use, the live cd is even easier to use.


If you want to compile rainbowcrack youself, then read on:

You'll need a few packages first, grab:

sudo aptitude install build-essential openssl libssl-dev

Download rainbowcrack-1.2-src.zip, and un-zip it to your home folder.
(and unzip rainbowcrack-1.2-src-algorithmpatch.zip to ~/rainbowcrack-1.2-src/src if you want use of md5 and other hashing stuff).

Open up a terminal, and change to the ~/rainbowcrack-1.2-src/src directory:

cd ~/rainbowcrack-1.2-src/src

Now to compile it:

make -f makefile.linux

That generates a few files for you, the important ones you need are:
charset.txt
list.txt
random_lm_alpha#1-7.hash
random_lm_alpha#1-7.plain
random_md5_loweralpha#1-7.hash
random_md5_loweralpha#1-7.plain
random_sha1_loweralpha#1-7.hash
random_sha1_loweralpha#1-7.plain
rcrack
rtdump
rtgen
rtsort

So if you like, copy those files to a new directory.
Then to use it, an example would be:

./rtgen lm alpha 1 7 0 2100 8000000 all

A good tutorial for it is here (http://www.antsight.com/zsl/rainbowcrack/rcracktutorial.htm).
This program worked for me for a simple 3 character xp password I created myself solely as a test for the program.


Again, if you're wanting to use this for windows passwords, use ophcrack, it's much easier to use.
Nicely written, follow that tutorial, and try to re-build and you should be successful.

[slipdipper]

Updated installation howto:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6279688