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Re: password cracking: one char at a time.

Subject: Re: password cracking: one char at a time.
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 09:54:12 -0800
What are salt bits?

salt bits are just randomly generated value, that are used in
generating the Hash of the password. This is especially usefull when 2
or more users on a system have the same password. Without salt, their
hashes would be same. With salt, the hashes are different. This makes
password cracking a little but more complex.

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