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Fix AES typo (#142)
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WilliamRay authored and mackowski committed Jun 25, 2019
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Expand Up @@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ DO: Use a strong hash to store password credentials. Use Argon2, PBKDF2, BCrypt

DO: Enforce passwords with a minimum complexity that will survive a dictionary attack i.e. longer passwords that use the full character set (numbers, symbols and letters) to increase the entropy.

DO: Use a strong encryption routine such as AES-512 where personally identifiable data needs to be restored to it's original format. Do not encrypt passwords. Protect encryption keys more than any other asset. Apply the following test: Would you be happy leaving the data on a spreadsheet on a bus for everyone to read. Assume the attacker can get direct access to your database and protect it accordingly.
DO: Use a strong encryption routine such as AES-256 where personally identifiable data needs to be restored to it's original format. Do not encrypt passwords. Protect encryption keys more than any other asset. Apply the following test: Would you be happy leaving the data on a spreadsheet on a bus for everyone to read. Assume the attacker can get direct access to your database and protect it accordingly.

DO: Use TLS 1.2 for your entire site. Get a free certificate [LetsEncrypt.org](https://letsencrypt.org/).
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