Commit 1f458ead authored by Benjamin Peterson's avatar Benjamin Peterson

link to wikipedia description of cryptographic salt

parent 54371550
...@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ Key Derivation Function ...@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ Key Derivation Function
Key derivation and key stretching algorithms are designed for secure password Key derivation and key stretching algorithms are designed for secure password
hashing. Naive algorithms such as ``sha1(password)`` are not resistant against hashing. Naive algorithms such as ``sha1(password)`` are not resistant against
brute-force attacks. A good password hashing function must be tunable, slow, and brute-force attacks. A good password hashing function must be tunable, slow, and
include a salt. include a `salt <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_%28cryptography%29>`_.
.. function:: pbkdf2_hmac(name, password, salt, rounds, dklen=None) .. function:: pbkdf2_hmac(name, password, salt, rounds, dklen=None)
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