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Re: Password salt



On 06/08/2012 10:57 AM, Lars Noodén wrote:
The hashed password + salt is stored in /etc/shadow.  Where is the
actual password salt for Debian stored?

Regards,
/Lars



From what i see, the password salt is different for each password... so i guess its different each time a password is generated. It makes sense since its saved along the password itself, so its more secure than having a single salt, at no extra cost

greets!
aL


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