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[jon baer]

Take a perfect potato ... (your string), mash it up (encrypted), now
sprinkle some salt (the salt) ... if you take out the salt it might taste
and look like other mashed potatoes ...

All this encryption talk is making me hungry ...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Hendricks" <jim at bizcomputinginc.com>
To: "NYPHP Talk" <talk at lists.nyphp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 11:40 AM
Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] security, sessions, and encryption


> > 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.
>
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