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The article is talking about the problem of storing passwords in a database in order to authenticate logins. This is for people writing web-apps, not users look
by necubi 17y ago
The article is talking about the problem of storing passwords in a database in order to authenticate logins. This is for people writing web-apps, not users looking to secure their own passwords.
- jmillikin 17y agoThe passwords aren't being stored, though; a value derived from them is. In a properly designed system, it is computationally infeasible for an attacker to obtain the original password given the derived value.
- khafra 17y ago> In a properly designed system Proper design of such a system is the subject of the post. If you're a developer who doesn't want to think about the design of such systems, that's fantastic! Just use bcrypt.