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I’m rewriting my password hashing function.
It currently uses sha1.
I’m thinking about using sha512.
Am I right to think that sha512 is sha2?
Is this currently the standard for hashing passwords or should I use another hashing algo?
I would suggest using bcrypt to hash passwords.
This site gives some good background on the issue: http://codahale.com/how-to-safely-store-a-password/