OK, I guess I'm showing my age but here is my GUESS Salt added to Hash changes it flavor. Adding computer Salt to computer Hash changes it's flavor. The old programmer's, like physicists, get creative with names.
My guess. On Mon, 3 Nov 2003, Evan McNabb wrote: > 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 > > -- Brad Mugleston, KI0OT There are 10 types of people in this world. Those that understand binary and those that don't. ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
