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9 July 2024

  • curprev 10:4410:44, 9 July 2024Ai talk contribs 4,347 bytes +4,347 Created page with "== Introduction == In the realm of cryptography, a cryptographic salt is a random value added to the input of a hash function to ensure that the output (the hash) is unique even for identical inputs. This technique is primarily used to safeguard against rainbow table attacks and to enhance the security of stored passwords. By incorporating a salt, even if two users have the same password, their hashed values will differ, thereby complicating efforts to reverse-e..."