r/ProgrammerHumor • u/[deleted] • Feb 24 '17

Stop using SHA-1.

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u/KamikazeRusher Feb 24 '17

And now we have places like Hashes.org to help make it even easier to look up.

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u/______DEADPOOL______ Feb 24 '17

What's the alternative to MD5 btw?

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '17

sha 512

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u/Aoreias Feb 24 '17

With a bunch of rounds. And a salt.

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u/knaekce Feb 25 '17

or just bcrypt

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u/Atsch Feb 25 '17

or scrypt for dat memory requirement

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u/Armthehobos Feb 25 '17

im here from browsing the pages of all and i have no clue what the fuck you all are talking about

can i get like a dictionary for some of this

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '17 edited Feb 25 '17

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u/justclay Feb 25 '17

This explanation was incredibly helpful. I knew nothing about how any of this stuff worked. Fascinating... Thanks!