NYCPHP Meetup

[Aaron Fischer]

Hehe, tho' it is getting to be time for lunch I'm not referring to the 
condiment.

 From php.net, in reference to crypt:
string crypt ( string str [, string salt])
http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.crypt.php

My impression is that the salt is the string that you can provide to 
enable the encryption.  In the case of crypt, if you don't provide one, 
one will be provided for you.

Perhaps this isn't analogous to your RC4 method, as you are prepending 
the random string to the end of the the password and then encrypting...

-Aaron

On Mar 16, 2004, at 11:40 AM, Jim Hendricks wrote:

>> This random alphanumeric string is know as the SALT, correct?
>
> Honestly, you got me there, I'm not sure what SALT is unless your
> talking the condiment.  My random alphanumeric string is to be used
> as a key for encryption of other data in the system.  If your only need
> is to encrypt the user passwords, then this random alphanumeric
> string is of no benefit to you.