Cryptographic Salt Is Healthy

Overeating salt leads to frequent visits to the restroom, dizziness or fluctuating blood pressure. However, salt is healthy in the world of cryptography.

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It’s easy for attackers to crack your passwords even with hash values. Consider salt as a random number that blends your password to a one-way cryptography hash function like SHA256. It’s crucial not to reuse the same salt to avoid the same bland recipe.

Use a variety of salts for every password. Long salt (long numbers) is nutritious for security; you may regret using short salt, and it may also not taste great.

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