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Do you have a reference that you would consider "the minimum you should know?" And, perhaps, maybe one somewhat better than that one? TIA.


Yes: http://codahale.com/how-to-safely-store-a-password/

This is the answer to this question. You should bookmark it and share it with your peers when this question inevitably comes up on another thread.


OK, so this is still the definitive thinking. I think you've told us about this before. Thanks again.


Just remember "use bcrypt" and you should be fine. There is almost certainly a library for it for your language.




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