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Re: Which password cipher ?
On Thu, 02 Dec 2010 01:09:19 +0200
Cem Kayali <cemkayali%eticaret.com.tr@localhost> wrote:
> "The password-hashing method used in OpenBSD uses an algorithm derived
> from Blowfish that makes use of the slow key schedule; the idea is that
> the extra computational effort required gives protection against
> dictionary attacks."
> Wikipedia states why OpenBSD prefers Blowfish based one instead of other
I also use Blowfish with a decent number of rounds (10+) personally,
but I don't mind if SHA1 was the default.
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