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Ask HN: The Best Password Cipher?
I'm trying to use the best cipher possible for encrypting passwords. (see http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=762708)
Bcrypt was mentioned in the above article as being good because it's so slow. I have the option of using any of these ciphers (from the lisp Ironclad library): AES DES 3DES Blowfish(bcrypt) Twofish RC5 RC6 Arcfour(RC4). With AES and DES, I can use the following modes: ECB, CBC, OFB, CFB, CFB8, CTR.
Are there any encryption gurus that know the best option?
- jodrellblank 17y agoYour link seems quite conclusive. Allow me to prompt you to searchyc.com for posts by cperciva and tptacek, and to explain your need a bit more.
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- gibsonf1 17y agoGood reference - thanks. Among the tidbits, I found this one extremely entertaining: http://xkcd.com/538/ http://xkcd.com/538/ It looks like bcrypt is the big winner though, no salt needed. http://codahale.com/how-to-safely-store-a-password/ http://codahale.com/how-to-safely-store-a-password/