Throwing Fire: Storing Passwords Securely

url: http://throwingfire.com/storing-passwords-securely/

Walks through adding successive levels of security to passwords. Including Salt (used by Rails) and Stretching.

Makes mention of password storage standards as well as why pass phrases are more secure than "long" passwords. Also recommends a password policy.

Examples given in Python.

Discuss This Topic

There are 0 comments in this discussion.

join this discussion

 

Tags

 
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand License
Throwing Fire: Storing Passwords Securely by Walter McGinnis is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand License