Hashing Credentials in Objective C

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Published on 2010-06-16T16:42:51Z Indexed on 2010/06/16 16:52 UTC
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I am trying to store a username and password to hash against for future offline logging in. What is the best way to do this in objective c?

I will need the password to be stored securely.

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