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Using hashes greatly increases safety of passwords storage
Many know that hashes are encoded passwords. Using hashes greatly increases safety of passwords storage, for example, in the forums, databases, etc. Let’s assume forum administrator has password “admin12345″ which is certainly stored in the forum database. What is to be done to authenticate user on the forum? Input password shall be compared with “admin12345″. If they match, administrator may enter the forum. It seems working great, but what if someone unauthorized gets access to database and sees open password and can easily log in as administrator. Here hashes come to rescue. For instance, MD5-hash for “admin12345″ password will look like “7488e331b8b64e5794da3fa4eb10ad5d” and it’s exactly what we store in our database, not a password itself. During user authentication input password is converted to hash to compare with the hash stored … Read entire article »
Filed under: Software
The reasons for purchasing used laptops
Laptops have become a necessity these days. Used laptops are seen as a viable option to own a laptop at a very affordable price. These are the laptops that have been used by a person for some time and sold for some reasons. Even if the laptop is used for a single day, it is called as a used laptop. The reasons for purchasing used laptops are many. The main reason is that, it is available at a cheaper rate than the retail price of any new laptop. The availability of used laptops has increased owing to the recycling legislation that makes discarding of old PCs very expensive. Also used monitors are used for photo editing as the CRT monitors provides ultimate color purity than the LCD monitors for editing colors. When … Read entire article »
Filed under: Hardware
Building your own computer can be a great alternative to purchasing a computer
In our age, owning a personal computer is something that most people have the luxury of. In fact, I know several people who have multiple computers in their home and at their office. As the popularity of computers and the internet have grown in the past decade, so has the need of the people in having a computer to call their own. Sure, they can go to a local computer shop and purchase a desktop or a laptop computer, but more and more people are opting to put together a computer from separate pieces of hardware. Computer hardware is basically all of the parts of your computer. Your screen, your keyboard, your tower, your disc drives. All of the parts that make up your computer are considered its hardware. Hardware is … Read entire article »
Filed under: Hardware
Few things to consider when you try to pick a web hosting company
As any good web developer knows, a web developer is always worried about creating the best web site that they can. They work very hard with the client to decide exactly how they want their site to look, to function, and also how to make it run the most efficiently. These are all things that people need to think about when they are creating a web site, but sometimes we forget one of the most important things, how are we going to get our site on the internet? No matter how great the web site you create is, it is meaningless if you do not get it out on the internet. So if you are going to get our web site on the internet, then you can either host it on … Read entire article »
Filed under: Web Development