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codahale
on Feb 1, 2010
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How To Safely Store A Password
He's implying that using bcrypt (and other iterative hash functions like PBKDF2 and scrypt) raises the cost of mounting a dictionary attack compared to commonly-used and -recommended hash algorithms like SHA256.
Which, uh, is an objectively verifiable fact.
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Which, uh, is an objectively verifiable fact.