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PASSWORD SALTING [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
DEF

A way of making passwords more secure by adding a random string of characters to passwords before their ... hash is calculated, which makes them harder to reverse.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
DEF

Méthode pour rendre l'empreinte des mots de passe plus sûre en ajoutant aux mots de passe une chaîne de caractères aléatoires avant de calculer leur empreinte [...], ce qui rend beaucoup plus complexe l'opération de retrouver le mot de passe à partir de son empreinte.

Spanish

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