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So MD5 is end of life... MD5 password scrambler 'no longer safe' | ZDNet
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MD5 no longer safe!
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Moved into The Lounge as this is not really specific to Computers and IT
I would just like to add to this...
"The primary cause is LinkedIn’s failure to properly ’salt’ the hashed passwords using SHA-1 algorithm. MD5 is a password hashing algorithm similar to that of SHA-1."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_(cryptography)
I would just like to add to this...
"The primary cause is LinkedIn’s failure to properly ’salt’ the hashed passwords using SHA-1 algorithm. MD5 is a password hashing algorithm similar to that of SHA-1."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_(cryptography)