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pilsetnieks on June 8, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: One way to fix your rubbish password database

To nitpick a bit, it's 16 bytes, usually represented by 32 hexadecimal numbers.

tptacek on June 8, 2012 [–]

The hexadecimal is just UI; ignore it.

16s on June 8, 2012 | [–]

Amen to that. It could be b64 encoded or whatever. Focus on the raw bytes. They are truth.

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