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[Paul Reinheimer]

MD5 isn't going to encounter any problems hashing passwords, it's
regularily used to hash entire files (just to make sure the one in PHP
was fine I just hashed a 5MB file, biggest one i had handy, no problems)
to ensure they are downloaded without error.

So for passwords, the limit is going to be memory, not the hashing alg.

:)
paul


On 7/28/06, Aaron Fischer <agfische at email.smith.edu> wrote:
>
> Greetings again listers,
>
> Is there a maximum string length that md5() can take?  I don't see a
> mention of one in the PHP manual.
>
> I am considering using a salt and md5() to store password information in
> MySQL.
>
> If there is a max string length then I will inform my users when they
> attempt to create a new account.  I have seen some web applications
> require a password that is a min of 6 or 8 chars and a max of 32...
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Aaron
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-- 
Paul Reinheimer
Zend Certified Engineer
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