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No one encrypts passwords. They just refer to one-way hashes, typically MD5, as encryption.
by cookiecaper 13y ago
No one encrypts passwords. They just refer to one-way hashes, typically MD5, as encryption.
- andrewmunsell 13y agoUnfortunately, I have to disagree. In fact, there are some large vendors of software that truly use encryption instead of some form of one way hashing. Sadly, I have to deal with software like this and there's no chance it's going to change any time soon.
- mattmanser 13y agoIt's a built-in feature of ASP.Net's membership provider (user accounts for those not knowing MS's Enterprise Obfuscation Naming And Extension Standard).
- recursive 13y agoBut that behavior is configurable.