Top "Passwords" questions

Passwords are primarily used as a way of accessing information and also limiting the number of users who can get access to a machine.

How can I store my users' passwords safely?

How much more safe is this than plain MD5? I've just started looking into password security. I'm pretty new to …

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Password hint font in Android

When an EditText is in password mode, it seems that the hint is shown in a different font (courrier?). How …

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What is the best way to password protect folder/page using php without a db or username

What is the best way to password protect folder using php without a database or user name but using. Basically …

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Best practice for hashing passwords - SHA256 or SHA512?

I am currently using SHA256 with a salt to hash my passwords. Is it better to continue using SHA256 or …

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JOptionPane to get password

JOptionPane can be used to get string inputs from user, but in my case, I want to display a password …

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Spring Security:password encoding in DB and in applicationContext

Have config (applicationContext-security.xml): <authentication-manager alias="authenticationManager"> <authentication-provider> <password-encoder hash="sha"/> <jdbc-user-service data-source-ref="…

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Two-way encryption: I need to store passwords that can be retrieved

I am creating an application that will store passwords, which the user can retrieve and see. The passwords are for …

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Brute force script in Python 3.2

I'm a beginner in writing code and I've started with Python because it seemed the neatest and the easiest to …

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Generate password in python

I'dl like to generate some alphanumeric passwords in python. Some possible ways are: import string from random import sample, choice …

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