On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 09:49:36AM -0500, [email protected] wrote: > I have been doing some reading on the salted hash and I know that I never > setup a salt for servers. We are doing some documentation for our security > people and the question came up about the salt and if it differs for each > user, or if the same salt is used?
The basic idea of a salted hash is that the salt is different for every user so that a rainbow table of hashes is only useful for a single password. Usually, the salt is randomized when a hash is generated. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 31958061 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 31958062
