even for the guy who wrote the source. it's allmost impossible to restore the data as the only option is a brute-force attempt.
Chris W. Parker wrote:
Red Wingate <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 9:33 AM said:
Hashing ... but i guess he wants to protected the password needed to access the DB not a PW stored in the DB.
you probably understand this already but for those who don't i would like to say:
right, but the point with hashing is that even if the hashes are retrieved/stolen it will take time (possibly too long) for the password itself to be recovered/discovered.
chris.
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