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How does it defeat the purpose of the salt? The purpose of the salt is to defeat time/space tradeoff attacks by inflating the required space to the point of im
by asharp 15y ago
How does it defeat the purpose of the salt?
The purpose of the salt is to defeat time/space tradeoff attacks by inflating the required space to the point of impracticality. ie. 20 bits of salt will increase the size of the rainbow table required a million times.