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I just finished building something with a nice salted hash for storing the passwords. The client complained that it was too "confusing" for him, and asked me to
by ojbyrne 18y ago
I just finished building something with a nice salted hash for storing the passwords. The client complained that it was too "confusing" for him, and asked me to change it to storing the password in plaintext :-(.
- simonw 18y agoIf your client is confused by a salted hash, I certainly wouldn't trust them to keep their database secured.
- ojbyrne 18y agoAnd yet a fairly large company does trust him to keep their database secured. All I can do is present the argument, and then acquiesce. That's why they call them "clients."