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Re:Don't Fuck with Paste by usrnm on Friday March 08, 2024 @07:22AM (#39640404)
Yeah, just CRC32 the password on the frontend, should be fine
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Re:Don't Fuck with Paste by howerj on Saturday March 09, 2024 @06:10AM (#39650952)
No, use a cryptographic hash function. If you use a CRC32 you will massively reduce the password space and make it easy to find collisions.
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