
6/18/2012 · John Graham-Cumming
What this post added
This post significantly deepens the understanding of website security by focusing on the critical aspect of password storage. It explains the evolution of password security from insecure plain text and basic hashing to more robust methods like salted hashing and finally introduces bcrypt as a solution for future-proofing against increasingly sophisticated password cracking techniques. It highlights the importance of both secure storage algorithms and strong user passwords.