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First, thanks for your contribution. Second, I didn't downvote you. Third, the question was never whether you knew how to store a password. There are many reaso
by carbocation 14y ago
First, thanks for your contribution. Second, I didn't downvote you. Third, the question was never whether you knew how to store a password. There are many reasons to need to be able to use even 'broken' primitives (esp. for compatibility with legacy apps or conversion), which makes them valuable (or at least necessary) for some apps. This is why I was guessing that your post was focused on passwords.
- dchest 14y agoI understand. I also said that there's no reason to use them for _new_ systems. BTW, suggested reading: http://cr.yp.to/talks.html#2013.03.12 http://cr.yp.to/talks.html#2013.03.12 ("Failures of secret-key cryptography").
- carbocation 14y agoGulp. You did; I missed it! My apologies. And thanks for that link. Slide 313 is terrifying.