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But a longer password would require more combinations for similarity than a short password.
by squeaky-clean 9y ago
But a longer password would require more combinations for similarity than a short password.
- kbenson 9y agoYes, that's the point being made.
- gpawl 9y agoAh. Thanks for clarifying. Still, permutations longer hashes don't require substantially more space. Password storage is a completely trivial fraction of total storage -- Compare to a single photo, or a video! And further still, they don't need to _store_ all the hash variations https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/53481/does-facebook-store-plain-text-passwords/53483#53483 https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/53481/does-face...
- squeaky-clean 9y agoWow, it slipped my mind entirely that you could do the permutations when you create the new password but before verifying, rather than after creating a password. That's a great idea, and embarrassingly obvious in retrospect.