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salt length limitation - marked_d - 10-20-2011

Hi there,

I cannot find the salt length limit ?
I have some salt that are 48 chars, is that the prob that I'm facing ?

Thanks in advance.
M


RE: salt length limitation - atom - 10-20-2011

absolutly. depending on the algorithm, maximum salt length can range from 15 to 31.

http://hashcat.net/wiki/doku.php?id=oclhashcat&#supported_algorithms_and_supported_password_plaintext_lengths


RE: salt length limitation - marked_d - 10-20-2011

Thanks a lot atom,

Do you plan to increase it in the future (some webapps already implement salt of 40 or more) ?
Even if we loose in term of perf, it would be interested to at least try it.

Regards.
M


RE: salt length limitation - atom - 10-20-2011

depends on popularity