Wednesday, October 20, 2010

The Art & Science of Storing Passwords (2006 article)

Good article about Storing Passwords
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/recipes/StoringPasswords.aspx

Excerpt from conclusion -
The simple guidelines are:

* If you need to retrieve passwords, use encryption.
* If you do not need to retrieve passwords, use hashes (more secure).
* Whatever you do, salt the passwords.

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