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November 2, 2020 17:57
Since they really shouldn't be dealing much with password management outside academia (unless they decide to pursue a career in cyber security), I decided to open by explaining why OAuth is generally better. Signed-off-by: Buckley Ross <[email protected]> Change-Id: If8c8d32891c7d37daa708266cf58d3697f6354ab
I introduced the concept of a hash, and attempted to lead into an explanation on why conventional hashing is not enough when it comes to password security. Signed-off-by: Buckley Ross <[email protected]> Change-Id: I65ef3614b7bc8216e2df7f399e3b48a2bb06664a
I introduce many common traits of secure password hashing algorithms, introduce the concept of PBKDF2, which is currently considered a very strong solution for hashing passwords, but I also include a word of caution that this may change in the future. Signed-off-by: Buckley Ross <[email protected]> Change-Id: I29c7a96165e4e9c64a307b47d40316132893780a
This is an important topic, which is certainly related to password security, although not necessarily the most important, so I refrained from covering it in too much detail. Signed-off-by: Buckley Ross <[email protected]> Change-Id: I799edd69069e87ff3ed6f1bb650c949b68bfa1aa
I intend to follow this up with a short section detailing essential password policies. Signed-off-by: Buckley Ross <[email protected]> Change-Id: I58f73ee1d1b3cdee501f36a57e9ae3aad52779e8
Not something we covered in 216, but extremely important nonetheless. Signed-off-by: Buckley Ross <[email protected]> Change-Id: Ic9c60c93ba54ab584573a893ff6fbafaa98618eb
Signed-off-by: Buckley Ross <[email protected]> Change-Id: Iaab6121dfd9e366d468528c0d7d24a3ffdcb3061
Signed-off-by: Buckley Ross <[email protected]> Change-Id: I6217480ab4918f5b1d7ba2be3e1a7c8140455f01
I also finished up the article with a nice lead into OAuth. Signed-off-by: Buckley Ross <[email protected]> Change-Id: Id9914143e71b5a64ed2b9f3c91e88276235e815f
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This went a little bit more in-depth than I was initially planning, but I'm very happy with the result.