eterevsky / passwordgen

Chrome extension that generates passwords based on a master password and current domain.
MIT License
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Verify master password #2

Open eterevsky opened 10 years ago

eterevsky commented 10 years ago

Keep a hash of master password that can't be used to break it, but can be used that it was typed correctly. For this we can use small part of SHA256 (20-30 bits). The probability of it working for another password is low, but it can't be used to brute-force all but the simplest master passwords.