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[Paul Reinheimer]

Hit the send button too quick. I mean the individuals memory,
not the computers.


paul


On 7/28/06, Paul Reinheimer <preinheimer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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Paul Reinheimer
Zend Certified Engineer
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