Top "Salt" questions

Cryptography function that takes random bits and a string (typically a password) and uses a one-way hash to provide a new string that can be used for authentication without providing access to the original string.

Do I need to store the salt with bcrypt?

bCrypt's javadoc has this code for how to encrypt a password: String pw_hash = BCrypt.hashpw(plain_password, BCrypt.gensalt()); …

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Java AES Encryption with salt

Alright, turns out I suck at Encryption/Decryption. I just dont get it. How can I make Java encrypt String …

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How to create two way encode/decode methods using use-specific key - PHP?

I need two functions/methods, one to encode, one to decode. This is not for storing passwords. Each user will …

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What is "salt" when relating to MYSQL sha1?

What is "salt" when relating to MYSQL sha1? I have no idea what salt is when relating to sha1 password …

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How to generate SALT value in Java?

What's the best way to produce a SALT value in Java as a String that's at least 32 bytes long?

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Salt Generation and open source software

As I understand it, the best practice for generating salts is to use some cryptic formula (or even magic constant) …

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Creating a salt in python

How would I create a random, 16-character base-62 salt in python? I need it for a protocol and I'm not …

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[Sql-Server]what data type to use for password salt and hash values and what length?

I am generating salt and hash values from my passwords by using, string salt = CreateSalt(TxtPassword.Text.Length); string hash = …

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What are Salt Rounds and how are Salts stored in Bcrypt?

I'm trying to configure Bcrypt for a node app that I'm making and have several questions about salts that I …

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Spring Security Salt

I'm trying to add a salt when adding a new user/pwd, but the docs seem to be missing how …

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