title: Rainbow tables and John the Ripper
body: <p>I am working on a uni project and I have to present the tool &quot;John the Ripper&quot; and the usage of &quot;Rainbow tables&quot; with it.</p>
  <p>I played around with the different modes of &quot;John the Ripper&quot; and searched the concept of the &quot;Rainbow tables&quot;.</p>
  <p>The problem is that I cannot understand how these two are connected and how, if possible, can I use my own &quot;Rainbow tables&quot; in the decryption of the password hash?</p>