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Re:How I became a password cracker by chickopozo on Monday March 25, 2013 @05:44AM (#5436223)
Encryption does not provide Integrity (hash) or authentication (mac)

crypt(1) should be an example of how not to do hashing.

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Re:How I became a password cracker by alexkus on Monday March 25, 2013 @05:54AM (#5436241)
Perfectly true, but those points are irrelevant for password hashing.
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