What did I say about Linux? But since you brought it up, I might as well pick apart that man page. Salting is industry standard practice, if it wasn't salting the password it would be an issue. You don't get extra points for doing things that are standard practice, you lose them for not doing them.
So, to follow that up. SHA512 is better than NTLM, but if Microsoft is going to change to a new hash, they should go for best in class and not just the trailing edge of what's considered passable today.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
