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Hashing passwords with MD5 is discouraged because:
Hashing passwords with MD5 is discouraged because: A. MD5 is too slow for users B. MD5 is fast and unsuitable as a modern password-storage scheme; prefer bcrypt/Argon2 C. MD5 forces MFA D. MD5 is required by TLS 1.3 B. MD5 is fast and unsuitable as a modern password-storage scheme; prefer bcrypt/Arg
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A. MD5 is too slow for users
B. MD5 is fast and unsuitable as a modern password-storage scheme; prefer bcrypt/Argon2
C. MD5 forces MFA
D. MD5 is required by TLS 1.3
Correct answer
B. MD5 is fast and unsuitable as a modern password-storage scheme; prefer bcrypt/Argon2
Why
MD5 is very fast, which lets attackers try billions of guesses quickly, so it is unsafe for password storage; slow hashes like bcrypt or Argon2 are preferred.
Learn more in the lesson: 48.7 CEH-Style Practice Questions – Set B (Modules 11–20)