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[Jeff]

I'm convinced! Thanks for laying out the pluses/minuses.

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Analysis & Solutions [mailto:danielc at analysisandsolutions.com] 
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 11:49 AM
To: NYPHP Talk
Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] Crypt issue??


Jeff:

On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 10:39:38PM -0400, Jeff wrote:

> What's the advantage of MD5 vis-a-vis crypt?

More fool proof.  You might mistakenly use different salts.  Or you
might 
use different algorithm types.  Also, moving to different computer can 
change the algorithm, thus altering output.  Then, only the first eight 
characters of input are used, throwing away the value of long passwords.

Finally, it seems due to the length of the output, md5 is better at 
producing unique results.
 
Enjoy,

--Dan

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