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tptacek
on Dec 14, 2010
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How To Safely Store A Password
You don't need to do anything like that; bcrypt does all this stuff for you. Don't salt bcrypt.
youngian
on Dec 14, 2010
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I think people would be a lot less confused if you said this first. Say "Don't salt bcrypt, bcrypt salts for you" and you'll have to explain yourself less.
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