Hashing - Crypto 101
Task 1 Key Terms
Before we start, we need to get some jargon out of the way. Read these, and take in as much as you can. We'll expand on some of them later in the room.
Plaintext - Data before encryption or hashing, often text but not always as it could be a photograph or other file instead.
Encoding - This is NOT a form of encryption, just a form of data representation like base64 or hexadecimal. Immediately reversible.
Hash - A hash is the output of a hash function. Hashing can also be used as a verb, "to hash", meaning to produce the hash value of some data.
Brute force - Attacking cryptography by trying every different password or every different key
Cryptanalysis - Attacking cryptography by finding a weakness in the underlying maths This room will likely involve some research. Get good at using search engines, it's crucial to infosec.
Read the words, and understand the meanings! Is base64 encryption or encoding?
encoding
Task 2 What is a hash function?
What is the output size in bytes of the MD5 hash function?
128 bit= 16 bytes
16
Can you avoid hash collisions? (Yea/Nay)
Nay
If you have an 8 bit hash output, how many possible hashes are there?
2⁸=256
256
Task 3 Uses for hashing
Crack the hash "d0199f51d2728db6011945145a1b607a" using the rainbow table manually.
basketball
Crack the hash "5b31f93c09ad1d065c0491b764d04933" using online tools
tryhackme
Should you encrypt passwords? Yea/Nay
Nay
Task 4 Recognising password hashes
How many rounds does sha512crypt ($6$) use by default?
5000
What's the hashcat example hash (from the website) for Citrix Netscaler hashes?
1765058016a22f1b4e076dccd1c3df4e8e5c0839ccded98ea
How long is a Windows NTLM hash, in characters?
32
Task 5 Password Cracking
Crack this hash: $2a$06$7yoU3Ng8dHTXphAg913cyO6Bjs3K5lBnwq5FJyA6d01pMSrddr1ZG
85208520
Crack this hash: 9eb7ee7f551d2f0ac684981bd1f1e2fa4a37590199636753efe614d4db30e8e1
halloween
Crack this hash: $6$GQXVvW4EuM$ehD6jWiMsfNorxy5SINsgdlxmAEl3.yif0/c3NqzGLa0P.S7KRDYjycw5bnYkF5ZtB8wQy8KnskuWQS3Yr1wQ0
spaceman
Bored of this yet? Crack this hash: b6b0d451bbf6fed658659a9e7e5598fe
funforyou
Task 6 Hashing for integrity checking
186c5227e24ceb60deb711f1bdc34ad9f4718ff9
What's the hashcat mode number for HMAC-SHA512 (key = $pass)?
1750
Last updated
Was this helpful?
