JupiterHost.Net [JN], on Tuesday, May 03, 2005 at 17:31 (-0500) made
these points:
JN> Thanks for the input John! Any other opinions and points anyone?
in my point of view is MD5 ok, but I prefer "newer" hash algos, for
example SHA1
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if(crypt($mypass, $crypted_original_pass) eq $crypted_original_pass) {
...
vs.
use Digest::MD5 qw(md5_hex);
...
if(md5_hex($mypass) eq $md5_hex_of_original_pass) {
...
If you use short/easy to guess passwords, such as words found in a
dictionary,
then the hash you use is irrelevant. If you use g
JupiterHost.Net wrote:
Hello list,
Hello,
I'm working on a script that manages passwords in a database.
Does anyone see any benefits/downfalls [in]securities of using crypt()
vs. an MD5 sum via Digest::MD5?
Like so:
if(crypt($mypass, $crypted_original_pass) eq $crypted_original_pass) {
...
vs.
us
