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| Subject: | Re: Oracle hash-list? |
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| Date: | Wed, 16 Mar 2005 14:57:01 -0800 |
On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 20:51:21 +0100, Pieter Danhieux <pdanhieux@easynet.be> wrote:
are you aware that the hashes stored in the oracle database not really use a salt (which is bad), but they do use the username as a differentiating factor. This means that the hash output depends on the
Isn't using the username as useful as a salt? Better, even, perhaps, since usernames are longer than your typical few-character salt? Salts just slow down precompiled dictionary attacks, yes? I suppose it would be less useful for the few default accounts, but not for all the other users. -- Steven DeFord steve@singingtree.com (925) 596-0426
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