Some hash functions are today not as safe as they were some years ago. Which hash function would currently be a good choice for hashing passwords?
Thanks in advance.
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Some hash functions are today not as safe as they were some years ago. Which hash function would currently be a good choice for hashing passwords?
Thanks in advance.
Well, sha-2 is technically more secure, but no collisions have been found for sha-1 yet.
If you’re trying to defend against rainbow tables or something, I would go with sha-2, since it has not seen wide use (yet).
SHA hash functions (Wikipedia)