There is a lot of misinformation and uncertainty on the topic of password storage. There are massive amounts of tutorials and articles recommending all manor of methods of storing passwords.
A large number of these are old and using methods that just are up to snuff for todays security standards. Common password storing mistakes Here are some of the most common mistakes make with regards to password hashing. I've been guilty of all of these in the past. MD5 and SHA1 hashing The md5 and sha1 are…