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JshWright on June 10, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: It's Dangerous, a Python cryptographic signing mod...

>It does not matter what hashing function you use for the login. It matters in case your database leaks.

That was my point... I suppose I'm not sure I understood why you brought up login entry point rate limiting?

amalcon on June 10, 2012 [–]

Rate limiting makes it harder for people to DOS you using the password hash on your login form.

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