haskell / haskell/hackage-server

HTTP Digest Auth is susceptible to offline brute force attacks

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Description

Since HTTP Digest Auth uses MD5 to hash passwords it's feasible to brute-force the password database if it ever gets compromised. Current best-practice is to use a purposely slow hashing algorithm e.g. by using bcrypt.

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