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isPermaLink="false">http://tinsology.net/?p=1279</guid> <description><![CDATA[Lately whenever I see discussion regarding SHA1 in the context of password hashing or user management it usually involves someone claiming that SHA1 has been 'cracked' or is otherwise not viable as a hashing algorithm. I think there is some degree of truth to these claims. In spite of this however, I think that many of these conclusions are based on a misinterpretation of the evidence.
Before I explain <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://tinsology.net/?p=1185</guid> <description><![CDATA[I noticed an article today on CNN called  <a
title="CNN" href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation/08/20/super.passwords/index.html">How to create a 'super password'</a>. For those of you who don't feel like reading the article, it is basically about how researchers at Georgia Tech are able to brute force 8-character passwords in less than a couple of hours, using "clusters of graphics cards". This is nothing new; graphics cards are being used for all sorts of applications other <a
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href="http://tinsology.net/2009/06/creating-a-secure-login-system-the-right-way/">Creating a Secure Login System the Right Way</a>.
Check it out <a
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