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		pstrateman on April 1, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Enough with the Salts: Updates on Secure Password ... A global salt is not a salt. Term people are using for a secret is pepper. H(pepper \| salt \| password) type of thing.

emmelaich on April 3, 2015 [–]

Nice, but I'm also disappointed :-)

My term is vinegar which is IMHO better!

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