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Just look at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2343330 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2343330. Tumblr has piles of money, and a misplaced 'i' still gave
by JoachimSchipper 16y ago
Just look at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2343330 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2343330. Tumblr has piles of money, and a misplaced 'i' still gave away all their passwords (fortunately, just their passwords for external APIs...) Keeping the source code secret is usually not security goal #1, and not needing to is a good idea.
Also, un-salted encrypted passwords are still bad. Just compare the top 10 most popular encryptions with a table of the top 10 most popular passwords.
I'll drop this, but please do hash your passwords with something sensible like bcrypt. ;-)
- Dylan16807 16y agoStill, you can have your passwords very securely stored in bcrypt AND mail the plain text out when the account is created. If your email isn't secure that should really be dealt with, and separately.
- JoachimSchipper 16y agoNo. E-mail is an unencrypted, unauthenticated protocol; how could sending out plain text passwords over a plain text protocol ever be a good idea?