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I've been using PwdHash[0] for a few years now. It is basically a system for generating a password using your input hashed and salted with the domain name of th
by Periodic 13y ago
I've been using PwdHash[0] for a few years now. It is basically a system for generating a password using your input hashed and salted with the domain name of the site. This takes the security of the password itself out of the hands of the site and allows for some password reuse. There are also browser extensions available which make it easy to use.
0: https://www.pwdhash.com https://www.pwdhash.com
- JulianMorrison 13y agoIt strikes me that this only grows the length of your typed in password by one bit: did they use PwdHash? Y/N. The other components of the salt, namely the site details, are implicit.
- plywoodtrees 13y agoIt doesn't make your password for any particular site any harder to guess. It does avoid reuse, without needing to sync or otherwise remember N distinct passwords, which is worthwhile. Reuse is the main reason why theft of password dbs (as distinct from just compromise of the site) is a problem for the user.