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Re: Fw: Salted hashes



espeake@oreillyauto.com wrote:

I have been doing some reading on the salted hash and I know that I never
setup a salt for servers.  We are doing some documentation for our security
people and the question came up about the salt and if it differs for each
user, or if the same salt is used?

It would be a poor salt if it was reused for multiple users. If you understand why a salt is used, the answer should be obvious.

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