It is amazing that a "senior" guy would resist something as simple as hashing a password. That said, salting a simple hash is not nearly as effective as people

It is amazing that a "senior" guy would resist something as simple as hashing a password. That said, salting a simple hash is not nearly as effective as people think. Given the computing power of modern GPUs, you should use bcrypt: http://codahale.com/how-to-safely-store-a-password/ http://codahale.com/how-to-safely-store-a-password/