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DeMo · 02-23-2008, 12:23 AM

Well.. that depends on what you're building. If for this system you need only the user's name and password then it's ok.

About the password, how do you plan to store them?
If you're gonna store flat passwords (kinda insecure) 30 characters are ok, but if you're going to store the md5 hash you're gonna need 32 chars. For a sha-1 hash you need 40 chars.

02-23-2008, 12:23 AM	#2 (permalink)
DeMo The Contributor Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Brazil Posts: 77 Thanks: 14	Well.. that depends on what you're building. If for this system you need only the user's name and password then it's ok. About the password, how do you plan to store them? If you're gonna store flat passwords (kinda insecure) 30 characters are ok, but if you're going to store the md5 hash you're gonna need 32 chars. For a sha-1 hash you need 40 chars.