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Can I extend the validity of a nonce-code? [closed]

I made a URL Shortener on the admin interface of my website. The provider of the Shortener (YOURLS) secured the admin page with a security token, a nonce with 10 to 12 characters. I copied the whole ...
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when to use nonce?

I have trouble understanding nonce. I read a very good answer related to nonce by @Thomas Pornin, but it is too complicated for me as I am new to cryptography. From what I know, nonce is used to ...
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optimal way to salt password?

A good way to salt password? I have read a few answers related to salting password. But I started to get confused. I came across few functions people used to generate salt like: mcrypt_create_iv() ...