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Benlog » Don’t Hash Secrets

2 month ago

deusx : Benlog » Don’t Hash Secrets - "So the next time you’re using a hash function on anything, ask yourself: is any of the stuff I’m hashing supposed to stay secret? If so, don’t hash. Instead, use HMAC."

Simon Willison : Don't Hash Secrets - Don’t Hash Secrets. A well written explanation from 2008 of why you must use hmac instead of raw SHA-1 when hashing against a secret.

Jeremy Zawodny : Don’t Hash Secrets - Don’t Hash Secrets: thoughts on when HMAC-SHA1 is better than just SHA1

Tags : hashing security crypto hmac

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Coding Horror: I Just Logged In As You: How It Happened

11 month ago

deusx : Coding Horror: I Just Logged In As You: How It Happened - "The important thing to take away from this, if you're a programmer working on an application that stores user credentials, is to get the hell out of the business of storing user credentials! As we've seen today, the world is full of stupid

Tags : openid passwords hashing md5 webdev

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Geohash for spatial index and search

22 month ago

Simon Willison : Geohash for spatial index and search - Geohash for spatial index and search. Nice, clear explanation of what a Geohash is. It’s a way of encoding a lat/lon position as a short string, with the useful property that similar co-ordinates with more or less significant figures share a common pr

bmilleare : Geohash for spatial index and search - Interesting introduction to geohashing. I like the search speed boost this could provide - need to research it more.

Tags : geo geocoding hashing search spatial

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Flexihash

22 month ago

bmilleare : Flexihash - an open source consistent hashing implementation for PHP - super useful for cluster based hosting setups.

Tags : cluster hashing php

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Working Notes on Consistent Hashing - Laughing Meme

24 month ago

deusx : Working Notes on Consistent Hashing - Laughing Meme - "Nice to see consistent hashing go from obscure to blindingly obvious in a few short whitepapers. "

Tags : consistenthashing hashing scaling webdev

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Consistent Hashing

24 month ago

Simon Willison : Consistent Hashing - Consistent Hashing. Beautifully clear explanation of consistent hashing, a simple technique that allows you to add new caching servers to a cluster without re-hashing your keys and hence invalidating all of your caches.

deusx : Programmer’s Toolbox Part 3: Consistent Hashing | Spiteful.com - "Consistent hashing is a powerful idea for anyone building services that have to scale across a group of computers."

Tags : hashing scaling webdev

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Schneier on Security: Stupidest Terrorist Overreaction Yet?

31 month ago

gleuschk : Schneier on Security: Stupidest Terrorist Overreaction Yet? - Hashing=terrorism!! ZOMG! save us from the running drunks!

Tags : advertisingignorance hashing terra

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