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Kop
on April 2, 2013
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Comparing Hash Algorithms: Md5, Sha1 or Sha2?
Hash functions are generally designed to be fast. For the very concern you mentioned some people prefer using
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bcrypt
to store the password, which on the other hand is designed to be slow.
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