Hash and salt passwords in C#
I was just going through one of DavidHayden’s articles on Hashing User Passwords. Really I can’t get what he is trying to achieve. … Read more
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How can I hash a password in Java?
I need to hash passwords for storage in a database. How can I do this in Java? I was hoping to take the … Read more
Do I need to store the salt with bcrypt?
bCrypt’s javadoc has this code for how to encrypt a password: String pw_hash = BCrypt.hashpw(plain_password, BCrypt.gensalt()); To check whether a plaintext password matches … Read more
ASP.NET Identity’s default Password Hasher – How does it work and is it secure?
I am wondering wether the Password Hasher that is default implemented in the UserManager that comes with MVC 5 and ASP.NET Identity Framework, … Read more
How to switch between hide and view password
Is there a clever way to let the user switch between hide and view password in an android EditText? A number of PC … Read more
How to provide user name and password when connecting to a network share
When connecting to a network share for which the current user (in my case, a network enabled service user) has no rights, name … Read more
Programmatically change input type of the EditText from PASSWORD to NORMAL & vice versa
In my application, I have an EditText whose default input type is set to android:inputType=”textPassword” by default. It has a CheckBox to its … Read more
Generating a random password in php
I am trying to generate a random password in php. However I am getting all ‘a’s and the return type is of type … Read more
SHA512 vs. Blowfish and Bcrypt [closed]
As it currently stands, this question is not a good fit for our Q&A format. We expect answers to be supported by facts, … Read more
Password masking console application
I tried the following code… string pass = “”; Console.Write(“Enter your password: “); ConsoleKeyInfo key; do { key = Console.ReadKey(true); // Backspace Should … Read more