Tag: passwords
Argon2 Password Hashing
PHP 7.2+
8
The Password Hashing Competition winner (2015) — a memory-hard algorithm that resists GPU and ASIC brute-force attacks better than bcrypt.
OWASP A2:2021
6mo ago
Security intermediate
Password Peppering
PHP 5.5+
A secret server-side value mixed into passwords before hashing — database theft alone is insufficient; the pepper must also be compromised.
OWASP A2:2021
6mo ago
Security intermediate
Rainbow Table
PHP 5.5+
A precomputed lookup table mapping hash values back to their original inputs — used to crack unsalted password hashes.
6mo ago
General intermediate
bcrypt
PHP 5.5+
6
A deliberately slow password hashing algorithm designed to resist brute-force attacks by tunable computational cost.
CWE-327 OWASP A2:2021
6mo ago
Security intermediate