The Science of Password Hashing (Not!)
Sometimes you see an advert on the TV or a posting on social media, and you say to yourself that’s not technically right. For me just now, it’s the “unbreakable wifi” advert on the TV. I appreciate what the message is saying, but from a scientific point-of-view, it’s mathematically incorrect. It’s amusing, though. And a recent Virgin Media advert that talked about fibre, and actually outlined DOCSIS (a copper/fibre method) and illustrated a copper cable. There’s an air gap, often, between the marketing department and those in the technical know.
And so, the elephant in the room … passwords
I know the generation and storing of passwords is a serious topic, but I had to smile at this [here]:
Well, where do I start? There are so many things going on here, that it’s difficult to know where to focus.
