Salting the Hash
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What is a salt in hashing?
Random data added to a password before hashing to increase security.
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Why does every user get a unique salt?
To ensure that even identical passwords generate different hashes.
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How does salting protect against rainbow table attacks?
The added randomness makes precomputed hash tables ineffective.
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Does salting stop brute force attacks completely?
No, but it significantly slows down the process by increasing computational effort.
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