Encrypting/Hashing plain text passwords in database [closed]
EDIT (2016): use Argon2, scrypt, bcrypt, or PBKDF2, in that order of preference. Use as large a slowdown factor as is feasible for your situation. Use a vetted existing implementation. Make sure you use a proper salt (although the libraries you’re using should be making sure of this for you). When you hash the passwords … Read more