/titleExplain it like I'm 5. Does hash + salt protect against rainbow tables or what?
― DeathFortress, Sunday, 7 September 2014 05:28 (nine years ago) link
bump
― brimstead, Monday, 8 September 2014 19:03 (nine years ago) link
maybe no one can get it simplified beyond what an 8 year old would understand
― Aimless, Monday, 8 September 2014 19:13 (nine years ago) link
http://codahale.com/how-to-safely-store-a-password/
― Allen (etaeoe), Monday, 8 September 2014 21:03 (nine years ago) link
salting a password before hashing generally protects against rainbow tables but, as allen's article points out, it won't really help against brute force and dictionary attacks which are getting faster and easier by the day
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Monday, 8 September 2014 21:20 (nine years ago) link