Answer by Matthew for How can we create a fairly secure password hash in PHP?
There's really no need to try to implement your own series of hashes. Here's a simple class that implements bcrypt:class Password{ # return a hashed version of the plain text password. public static...
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Salts can only help you so far. If the hashing algorithm you use is so fast that there is little to no cost for generating rainbow tables, your security is still compromised.A few pointers:Do NOT use a...
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About Salt ValuesIf I understand correctly, the longer the salt, the larger the table the hacker has to generate in order to break the hash. Please correct me if I am wrong.Yes, that's correct....
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I have been reading up on password hashing, but all the forums I read are full of posts from people debating theory behind it that I don't really understand. I have an old (and presumably extremely...
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