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Discussion on: How are passwords stored?

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tbodt

Maybe at least mention bcrypt and scrypt, and that the speed of the hash is a factor...

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Mohamed Oun

They're mentioned in the stack exchange answer.

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tbodt

I sort of doubt anybody is going to click on a link that's way at the bottom of the post

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Mohamed Oun

So you think it's better to duplicate the information?

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tbodt

Either that, or replace the entire article with just that one link. I'd go with the first one.

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Mohamed Oun

Really? the article is called 'brief introduction', so it's either have every relevant piece of information or none at all?

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tbodt

Good point.

I would add a sentence or two about hash speed, though

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Mohamed Oun

Fair enough. Have a nice day!