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by munctional 6019 days ago
It reduces the keyspace that needs to be searched when bruteforcing... leading to accounts being compromised more easily. That's about it.
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Scriptor 6019 days ago
At the same time, I think it's just a really quick/lazy way to prevent SQL injection.
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akirk 6018 days ago
well you have already lost if you try to insert the password into the database without applying a salted hash function on it.
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TeHCrAzY 6018 days ago
Don't most "web" languages support parameters in the same was .NET does (at least with Sql Server)?
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