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Re:Hack of Cupid Media dating website exposes 42 million pla... by tedunangst on Wednesday November 20, 2013 @12:39PM (#6769502)
For reference, iirc last time I ran the numbers, SRP brute forcing has a work factor of 1000 compared to a single round of md5. Aka, not enough.
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Re:Hack of Cupid Media dating website exposes 42 million pla... by tptacek on Wednesday November 20, 2013 @01:21PM (#6769862)
Oh, neat. I'm happy to have a number to file away. Thanks!
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