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Revision as of 19:04, 21 September 2011

DRAFT CHEAT SHEET - WORK IN PROGRESS

Introduction

This article is focused on providing guidance to storing a passwords in order to help prevent password theft.

Password Storage Rules

  1. Use a Modern Hash
    1. SHA
    2. bcrypt
  2. Use a long cryptograpgically random salt
    1. Isolate the salt from the hash
  3. Iterate the hash

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