[archi42]

The guy who is called after it's too late (he's a friend, I didn't call ;-)).

So it's bad advice to use a work factor and instead you recommend using a work factor? Uh yeah, still thanks for pointing out how that's called I guess? To clarify: I didn't say one should roll his own hashing, I just described the process; I simply don't assume the average HN reader to be an idiot and already use bcrypt or similar.

Edit: forgot to mention, parent comment also roughly described what his bcrypt is doing.