"that is, not the way described in the post, proper key-strengthening algorithms should be used"
Like what? Please correct the post, becaues it seems to be quite vague about the "key-strengthening algorithms". Secondly, non-portability of the passwords is the entire purpose.
This is my first exposure to Hacker News, after hearing nothing but good things about it, and honestly it has been a shocking disappointment.
I read the article, thought it sounded interesting if incomplete, and felt mildly enlightened.
Since then I've watched as post after post has either misreprented what it actually said, or simply posted something completely wrong. Most of the people in this discussion seemingly don't know what a hash, salt, rainbow attack or dictionary attack are.
It is very disappointing. I will continue my downward cycle of points with this post, so this shall be my swan song, but really this place is no more illuminated, or no less a circle jerk, than Reddit r/programming. Disappointing.
Like what? Please correct the post, becaues it seems to be quite vague about the "key-strengthening algorithms". Secondly, non-portability of the passwords is the entire purpose.
This is my first exposure to Hacker News, after hearing nothing but good things about it, and honestly it has been a shocking disappointment.
I read the article, thought it sounded interesting if incomplete, and felt mildly enlightened.
Since then I've watched as post after post has either misreprented what it actually said, or simply posted something completely wrong. Most of the people in this discussion seemingly don't know what a hash, salt, rainbow attack or dictionary attack are.
It is very disappointing. I will continue my downward cycle of points with this post, so this shall be my swan song, but really this place is no more illuminated, or no less a circle jerk, than Reddit r/programming. Disappointing.