Re: passwd hashing algorithm

[newsham () aloha net (Timothy Newsham)]

> Too fast, it still allows dictionary attacks rather easily (yes I know that 
> users should choose good passwords, but some won't).
>
> md5^500 (500 rounds of md5), or however many takes about 0.5 seconds on a fast 

The hashing should be computationally adjusted and should be adjusted
on each box to be barely tolerable.  There should also be a salt
value of course.  An attacker shouldnt be allowed to precompute
md5^(big num) and later do the (actual num - big num) md5's for
your particular system.

>   -- Jon