News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Peppering (Password Storage). Parent comment

Re:Peppering (Password Storage) by GoblinSlayer on Thursday July 02, 2020 @04:45AM (#23711236)
The salt is public by design, it's not intended to be secret, only unique. For pepper secrecy is essential.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Peppering (Password Storage) by ballenf on Thursday July 02, 2020 @12:57PM (#23715276)
It should have been called "spice" or "herb". Instead of the name of a single, known raw ingredient.
[ Parent | on HN ]