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An analysis of Debian wiki security breach

An analysis of Debian wiki security breach

Posted Jan 7, 2013 19:01 UTC (Mon) by robert_s (subscriber, #42402)
In reply to: An analysis of Debian wiki security breach by endecotp
Parent article: An analysis of Debian wiki security breach

Um, no?

Salting hashes does not make them uncrackable. Just a lot more painful to crack.

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