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Re:Password hack of vBulletin.com by leapius on Monday November 18, 2013 @11:10AM (#6754951)
oh ok I thought the usual MO was:

if (md5(password + salt) == stored value) ..

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Re:Password hack of vBulletin.com by Pxtl on Monday November 18, 2013 @12:14PM (#6755391)
It is, but if you don't have the naked password available at the time that you got your hands on the salt? May as well still salt it.
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