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Are there any uses of having a non-deterministic salt value for hashes?

So I've been toying with the idea of having non-deterministic salt values for hashes. Let me explain what I mean: Basically, I applied some properties from Bitcoin including a "difficulty" (ie, ...
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Security and authentication problem

We have a sample scenario and we would like to receive some feedback and some solutions regarding possible security schemes. First of all, lets imagine a real world scenario: Imagine that a user ...
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Defense in depth vs low complexity - Balancing point?

I've asked a few questions relating to schemes for various security-related functions, and posited schemes to accomplish those goals. In the responses, I see a conflict between two fundamental ...
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Why shouldn't we roll our own?

Why shouldn't we create our own security schemes? I see a lot of questions around here about custom crypto and custom security mechanisms, especially around password hashing. With that in mind, I'm ...