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What is a salt?

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Key whitening
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A.
Key whitening
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Random bits intermixed with a symmetric cipher to increase randomness and make it more secure
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Random bits intermixed with a symmetric cipher to increase randomness and make it more secure
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Key rotation
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C.
Key rotation
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Random bits intermixed with a hash to increase randomness and reduce collisions
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D.
Random bits intermixed with a hash to increase randomness and reduce collisions
Suggested answer: D

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Random bits intermixed with a hash to increase randomness and reduce collisions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_(cryptography)

Salt is random data that is used as an additional input to a one-way function that hashes data, a password or passphrase. Salts are used to safeguard passwords in storage. Historically a password was stored in plaintext on a system, but over time additional safeguards were developed to protect a user's password against being read from the system. A salt is one of those methods.

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Key whitening - a technique used to increase the security of block ciphers. It consists of steps that combine the data with portions of the key (most commonly using a simple XOR) before the first round and after the last round of encryption.

Key rotation - is when you retire an encryption key and replace that old key by generating a new cryptographic key. Rotating keys on a regular basis help meet industry standards and cryptographic best practices.

Random bits intermixed with a symmetric cipher to increase randomness and make it more secure -- Initialization Vector (IV)

asked 18/09/2024
Ivan Rodrigo Velasco Capote
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