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Salt Storage - web.config or database?

from [cynthia . peluso] Network Security [Permanent Link]
Subject: Salt Storage - web.config or database?
Date: 1 Jun 2006 14:20:09 -0000 
Where is the best place to store salts?  I have developers that will be using 
the Microsoft random number generator (ASP.NET ) to generate a salt to append 
to the password and then hash.  They want to store the salt in the web.config 
file and the password hashes in the database.  What is  best practice for salt 
storage?  The developer's concern is that storing the salts in the database 
will increase traffic volume. I'm not sure if this is the case as we are 
talking 16 bytes or so.  If stored in web.config what level of protection is 
required?

Cindy  

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