[mikeash]

That jumped out at me as well. People need to understand that even cryptographic hashes cannot be considered irreversible for short inputs, and that you need to use something specifically designed as a password hash to do it properly.

[thirsteh]

http://throwingfire.com/storing-passwords-securely/#notpassw...

http://codahale.com/how-to-safely-store-a-password/