Password Storage Done Right
Understand salted hashing — never store plaintext.
1. Why Not Plaintext
Breach blast radius.
15 min
+18 XP
2. Salt and Slow Hashes
bcrypt/scrypt/argon2 ideas.
15 min
+18 XP
3. Offline Crack Mentality
Why unique passwords matter.
15 min
+18 XP
4. Lab: Hash Demo with openssl
Hash a throwaway string only.
25 min
+18 XP
5. Quiz — Password Storage
Storage literacy check.
10 min
+18 XP