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Despite all the ranting on HN about bcrypt, pretty much no one actually uses it. Not linux, not windows, not apple.
by lawnchair_larry 15y ago
Despite all the ranting on HN about bcrypt, pretty much no one actually uses it. Not linux, not windows, not apple.
- hackermom 15y agoOpenBSD uses it :)
- KonradKlause 15y agoNo, OpenSUSE for example is using bcrypt. See: http://www.openwall.com/crypt/ http://www.openwall.com/crypt/
- pjscott 15y agoMost everybody uses some form of slow hashing. Bcrypt is a particularly secure and convenient form of slow hashing, which is why people recommend it so much, but there are other schemes possible. For example, you can take a cryptographic hash function and iterate it a few thousand times.