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I'd call this dangerously un-caveated! https://arstechnica.com/security/2012/12/25-gpu-cluster-cracks-every-standard-windows-password-in-6-hours/ https://arste
by MaulingMonkey 10y ago
I'd call this dangerously un-caveated!
https://arstechnica.com/security/2012/12/25-gpu-cluster-cracks-every-standard-windows-password-in-6-hours/ https://arstechnica.com/security/2012/12/25-gpu-cluster-crac...
If your users passwords are sufficiently weak (and let's face it - they are) they can likely be brute forced and then matched against leaked hashes, no matter how strong your salt and hash. If you've got good users who only give you "typically" weak passwords, weak unsalted hashes will still expose said passwords.
Use a strong hash. Perhaps run multiple times, bcrypt style. Salt correctly, and per-user. Somehow convince your users to actually use strong, non-reused passwords. Perhaps then there's no danger to leaking the hashes - but I'd perhaps err on the side of caution and not make the password database publicly readable nonetheless.