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Re:Passwords for 32M Twitter accounts may have been hacked a... by cmdrfred on Thursday June 09, 2016 @08:44AM (#11868963)
Let's say that were true, so in a year and half you will only have to spend 20 years cracking the passwords? Bcrypt is designed for this exact situation and performs pretty well.
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Re:Passwords for 32M Twitter accounts may have been hacked a... by iagooar on Thursday June 09, 2016 @10:41AM (#11869663)
I am not saying bcrypt is bad. But thruth is, we have to be constantly challenging our assumptions about security and avoid feeling like the battle is "won".
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