in reply to Re: Re: CGI and saving passwords
in thread CGI and saving passwords
At this point in time, AFAIK, the difference between sha1 and md5 and their respective security is prety well academic (I'll stand corrected, i'm not a math/crypto geek).
Another point to note is sha1 can be a little slower to compute than md5, however on modern hardware, the difference is probably not material.
All that said, the effort between your code using sha1 and md5 is actually zero, so you may as well use the stronger algorithm right off the bat.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: CGI and saving passwords
by flyingmoose (Priest) on May 04, 2004 at 22:50 UTC | |
Re: Re: Re: Re: CGI and saving passwords
by JoeJaz (Monk) on May 05, 2004 at 05:17 UTC |
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