That's better, but still horribly broken. Sha1 and md5 simply aren't adequate for secure passwords, they are still broken too quickly. You should use bcrypt. h

That's better, but still horribly broken. Sha1 and md5 simply aren't adequate for secure passwords, they are still broken too quickly. You should use bcrypt. http://codahale.com/how-to-safely-store-a-password/ http://codahale.com/how-to-safely-store-a-password/ explains why, and links to implementations of bcrypt in many environments/languages (in the opening when he says "Use bcrypt" a hundred times).