This post: http://www.gaiaonline.com/journal/?mode=view&post_id=19734573&u=8357925
Said that salted MD5 is ok but regular MD5 would not be ok. I am a bit confused about this and would apprecaite a response.
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For what purpose? – Polynomial Oct 27 '15 at 02:35
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Even salted MD5 is comically weak. Don't take advice on cryptography from non-cryptographers. – Stephen Touset Oct 27 '15 at 04:30
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1http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/19906/is-md5-considered-insecure – Kami Oct 27 '15 at 06:00
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That is duplicate question: http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/19906/is-md5-considered-insecure – Oct 27 '15 at 06:06
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The solution is garbage because they store unsalted MD5 hashes of passwords in the database. That is the weakest link in the solution. Nothing else matters.
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