Password storage Flashcards
1
Q
What is password salting?
A
Adding random data to passwords before hashing to make them unique.
2
Q
What does salting achieve?
A
Increases entropy, makes each stored password different.
3
Q
What is a rainbow table?
A
A precomputed table of hashes for common passwords.
4
Q
What is brute-force cracking?
A
Trying all possible combinations of characters.
5
Q
What is password entropy?
A
A measure of how difficult a password is to guess.
6
Q
What is a pepper in password storage?
A
A common secret added to passwords but not stored in the database.
