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Actually I read many post related to the algorithm for use like md5, sha1 and so on. But I am still not sure which one is the secure and the best one to use nowadays. I am beginner with web development and I am asking all of the best programmers around the world to teach and show me. I hope you guys can give me the choice and example for using it. Thank You
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Cryptographic hashing algorithms like MD5 and the SHA family of algorithms make it easier for attackers to brute force passwords as attackers can use a lot of compute resources (CPUs, GPUs, etc.) to make a lot of password “guesses” in a short period of time.
A good hash algorithm makes it impossible to reverse the hash value to compute the original text. However, passwords are very, very short. By making a guess at a password, the attacker can compare the output of his SHA-256 against the SHA-256 that he finds in the database.
The SHA1, SHA256, and SHA512 functions are no longer considered secure, either, and PBKDF2 is considered acceptable. The most secure current hash functions are BCRYPT, SCRYPT, and Argon2. In addition to the hash function, the scheme should always use a salt.
To the time of writing, SHA-256 is still the most secure hashing algorithm out there. It has never been reverse engineered and is used by many software organizations and institutions, including the U.S. government, to protect sensitive information.
Important is, that the algorithm offers a cost factor, which controls the necessary time to calculate a hash. The more time you can invest in calculating a single hash, the more expensive brute-forcing will become (e.g. 100 Giga MD5 per second vs 10 BCrypt per second).
Today recommended algorithms are BCrypt, PBKDF2 and SCrypt. The algorithm BCrypt is supported by PHP, a wrapper function takes care of the generation of a salt and is future proof.
// Hash a new password for storing in the database.
// The function automatically generates a cryptographically safe salt.
$hashToStoreInDb = password_hash($password, PASSWORD_DEFAULT);
// Check if the hash of the entered login password, matches the stored hash.
// The salt and the cost factor will be extracted from $existingHashFromDb.
$isPasswordCorrect = password_verify($password, $existingHashFromDb);
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