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TheWesDude said:elven.... a "salt" is something you add to the data to be hashed to further hide whats being hashed.
and nobody uses md5 for anything actually requiring any kind of security.
and using md5 to hash passwords is actually considered a security vulnerability at this point.
you should be using a 256 or 512 hash.
and using a salt for a forum board msg for anything that is "common knowledge" makes using a salt irrelevant.
and md5 is considered fully compromised nowadays.
You are correct, sir. I believe md5 takes about 10-15 minutes to crack these days. 256 or 512 hash is good.
And all passwords should be encrypted at all times, hash-matching only. I highly doubt this is the last of these attacks you'll see, so the gaming industry needs to get its shit together quick.
NMA up-to-date on their stuff? Not like we have anything to take, right?