phc-discussions - Re: [PHC] Re: [SPAM] [PHC] Password hashing by itself is not enough

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Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 08:10:54 -0700
From: Bill Cox <waywardgeek@...il.com>
To: "discussions@...sword-hashing.net" <discussions@...sword-hashing.net>
Subject: Re: [PHC] Re: [SPAM] [PHC] Password hashing by itself is not enough

On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 9:41 PM, Jeremy Spilman <jeremy@...link.co> wrote:

>  Another way I proposed is blind hashing / security by obesity. A very
> large common data pool can provide offline attack resistance for a large
> number of users at a very low cost per user. It's a very efficient way to
> defend the hashes. Google 'blind hashing', and I would love your feedback.
>

I Googled Blind Hashing, and the top result is a patent titled Blind
Hashing.  At Google, we're forbidden from reading patents, so I did not
even read the summary.  Is your idea patented, or was this just a random
unrelated patent?

Bill

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