On 02/05/2014 03:53 PM, Chris Steipp wrote:
The Whirlpool algorithm by Tim would force password cracking software to do a custom implementation for our hashes.
No judgment is passed on Tim, but rule number one of crypto is never try to roll your own unless you happen to have years and years of crypto math background, and your algorithm has been picked apart by peers over at least several months before you even tentatively put it forward.
Cryptographically secure hashes are Hard to get right, and harder to evaluate with any amount of certainty. History is littered with the dessicated failed corpses of roll-your-own crypto. :-)
-- Marc