easy5 pts · first answer countssecurityauthentication

Storing user passwords

How should a web app store user passwords in its database?

A.Encrypted with AES so admins can decrypt them if users forgetB.As a single fast SHA-256 hashC.In plain text inside a column that only admins can readD.Hashed with a slow, salted algorithm such as Argon2id or bcrypt

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