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Dictionary attacks can be made infeasible against bcrypt. DES crypt has a 12-bit salt. Using SHA hashes is insecure. It isn't the end of the word. Knowingly choosing to use a naked salted SHA hash instead of a "stretched" SHA has or bcrypt or scrypt or PBKDF is, in fact, irresponsible.

I would have ignored your original comment and avoided pedantry except for your original assertion that your salting did something to mitigate the risk of not using bcrypt. It does no such thing. There's nothing else for us to argue about.

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