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THE IMPORTANCE OF HASHING PASSWORDS, PART 2: SPICE IT UP

Posted 13. Februar 20145. Februar 2021 Matthias MeierLeave a comment

The first part of this article presented secure hash algorithms, the basic building blocks for password hashing. This part will now show how to apply these building blocks to construct a reasonable password hashing algorithm. Take it with a Pinch of Salt Since we now know much more about secure hash functions, can we use something like SHA-256 or maybe […]

THE IMPORTANCE OF HASHING PASSWORDS, PART 1: CRYPTOGRAPHIC HASHES

Posted 6. Januar 20145. Februar 2021 David FariñaLeave a comment

Many applications store passwords for user authentication. Using an appropriate password hashing algorithm can efficiently protect the stored passwords even when the persisted password hashes get stolen by an attacker. Unfortunately many developers assigned with the task to implement a persistent password storage lack the necessary cryptographical background knowledge to choose a strong password hashing […]