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Can a salted hash be an effective MAC?
An HMAC is basically a "keyed hash". Only the correct message and the correct key will produce a particular hash digest efficiently.
Conceptually speaking, the same can be said for a salted hash; ...
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Password Hashing add salt + pepper or is salt enough?
Please Note: I'm aware that the proper method for secure password storage hashing is either scrypt or bcrypt. This question isn't for implementation in actual software, it's for my own understanding.
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