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How should passwords be stored? What is a salt?
A hash is a one-way fingerprint of a password. A salt is a random value added to each password before hashing, so the same password gives different hashes. Leaked hashes are cracked fast if stored badly.
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A hash is a one-way fingerprint of a password. A salt is a random value added to each password before hashing, so the same password gives different hashes. Leaked hashes are cracked fast if stored badly.
Learn more in the lesson: 22.1 How Passwords Are Stored