On Mon, 7 Jan 2019 at 13:58, <minfo...@arcor.de> wrote:

> I've often encountered demands for password encryption, where simple
> string hashing would suffice.
>
> Speed-wise FNV-1a is barely to beat. Add some magic number to the
> result and you are good enough.
>

Not for password encryption. FNV isn't designed for crypto hashing, and
speed is specifically something you do *not* want for password hashes,
because if it's fast it's quick to run through a dictionary attack.

That's why algorithms like PBKDF2 exist.


The algo fits in a single handful of lines.
>
> Of course this ain't military strength encryption, but should suffice for
> eye-protection of any non-critical stuff.
>
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