For a little background information on DES password hashing, check out this assignment from my Computer Security class at UT Austin: http://www.cs.utexas.edu/u

For a little background information on DES password hashing, check out this assignment from my Computer Security class at UT Austin: http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/byoung/cs361/crack-assignment.html http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/byoung/cs361/crack-assignment... It gives a little bit of background information on password hashing and salting, and on simple password cracking techniques.