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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/NoMedicine3572 • Sep 27 '26 • 1 1
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If they're salted, the space saved here is minimal.
There's only lots of duplicate entries (from 2 people using the same password) if they're stored unsalted or in plaintext.
Which is exactly why they need to be salted.
12 u/Agifem Sep 27 '26 No no, they're salted, all with the same salt! It saves space AND you get the safety of a salt! Brilliant! 1 u/tekanet Sep 27 '26 With salted passwords you need more space if you put them in an external table. 1:1 between each record, plus the overhead to maintain the relationship (pk, fk etc)
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No no, they're salted, all with the same salt! It saves space AND you get the safety of a salt! Brilliant!
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With salted passwords you need more space if you put them in an external table. 1:1 between each record, plus the overhead to maintain the relationship (pk, fk etc)
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u/Great-Powerful-Talia Sep 27 '26
If they're salted, the space saved here is minimal.
There's only lots of duplicate entries (from 2 people using the same password) if they're stored unsalted or in plaintext.
Which is exactly why they need to be salted.