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rjcrystal
8y

Okay so if a company decides to use md5 for hashing passwords after a million users already registered how the hell will they transition to any other way of storing passwords. As they don't have plaintext to convert them into the new hashing function.

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  • 2
    8y
    They can either reset all the passwords and force users to create new ones, or they can reverse lookup the passwords. MD5 hashes are known to be that insecure.
  • 7
    8y
    Simple. Next time a user logs in save a new hashed password with another hashin algorithem. Mark the user as using new hash.
  • 2
    8y
    @rokxer i thought of that too. But that would mean there could be still passwords with md5
  • 2
    8y
    @rjcrystal I would use @rokxer solution, till most of the users has updated there password. (Or within n days/months) And the rest after that will get there password reset.
  • 0
    8y
    Something about rokxer's solution makes me feel uneasy, security-wise..
  • 0
    8y
    @garrettw exactly what about hash collisions?
  • 0
    8y
    Why don't they just hash the MD5s?
  • 0
    8y
    @rjcrystal I dunno, it's just my spidey sense tingling. It's probably nothing.
  • 0
    8y
    @Gatgeagent what would that accomplish?
  • 0
    8y
    Nahh, just hash the md5's with another algorithm, store those hashes and remove all md5 ones. Takes double hashing at login but should work I'd imagine
  • 0
    8y
    @garrettw If they would hash them(the MD5s) with bcrypt/scrypt, or Argon2, they are pretty secure, in all cases definitely much more secure.
  • 0
    8y
    Oh, right. I thought you were suggesting to MD5 the MD5s. Lol
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