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Confused by crypto? Here's what that password hashing stuff means in English

Charlie Clark Silver badge
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Re: Bah!

And while I agree that salt techniques are important, I disagree with a commentor that they were "missing" from this document

An unsalted hash is merely obfuscated and not encrypted, this is why salts are essential and not optional.

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