Top "Salt" questions

How to use PKCS5_PBKDF2_HMAC_SHA1()

I am trying to use PKCS5_PBKDF2_HMAC_SHA1() and below is my sample program. I wanted to make sure …

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What is the safest way to store a password using Code Igniter?

I am using Code Igniter for my current project. As of now, I am using MD5 for password hashing, but …

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Password hashing, salt and storage of hashed values

Suppose you were at liberty to decide how hashed passwords were to be stored in a DBMS. Are there obvious …

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Best Way to Generate Random Salt in C#?

Question says it all, what is the best method of generating a random salt (to be used with a hash …

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How to create a asp.net membership provider hashed password manually?

I'm using a website as a frontend and all users are authenticated with the standard ASP.NET Membership-Provider. Passwords are …

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Am I using PHP's crypt() function correctly?

I've been using PHP's crypt() as a way to store and verify passwords in my database. I use hashing for …

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Where are laravel password salts stored?

Laravel uses bcrypt to hash passwords. According to this article, at some point in the process, the Hash::make function …

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password_hash equivalent for php 5.4?

I developed my site using XAMPP with php 5.5 installed. I just realize that my host only has php 5.4 (cannot update …

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How can I retrieve a salt from LDAP?

The organization that I work for uses PPolicy (an OpenLDAP module) to automatically salt and hash passwords. Unfortunately, I don't …

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OpenSSL - Password vs Salt Purpose

When encrypting a file with OpenSSL, it is possible to use -pass pass:mySillyPassword, where mySillyPassword is the password used …

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