First of all, this message isn't about what you put on your food. :-) In CS465 we talked today about passwords and the use of salts. Here is a definition for those of you who aren't familiar with the term:
"In password protection, salt is a random string of data used to modify a
password hash. Salt can be added to the hash to prevent a collision by
uniquely identifying a user's password, even if another user in the
system has selected the same password. Salt can also be added to make it
more difficult for an attacker to break into a system by using password
hash-matching strategies because adding salt to a password hash prevents
an attacker from testing known dictionary words across the entire
system."
My question is, where does the term "salt" come from? No one in the
class seemed to know, and after searching for a while on google I didn't
see an answer there. Any ideas?
-Evan
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