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Re:Comparing Hash Algorithms: Md5, Sha1 or Sha2? by Kop on Tuesday April 02, 2013 @06:51AM (#5478554)
Hash functions are generally designed to be fast. For the very concern you mentioned some people prefer using http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bcrypt to store the password, which on the other hand is designed to be slow.
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