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tptacek
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6.5 Million LinkedIn Password Hashes Leaked
I answered your question: using a very large "salt" to force a password hash to run more block functions is a bad idea.
Modern password crackers are extremely fast without precomputing anything.
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Modern password crackers are extremely fast without precomputing anything.