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Physical or digital keys. Digital keys are used for encryption or signing, or for authentication (e.g. API key). For product keys, use the tag product-key.

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Which function to hash 128 bit API key with?

AFAIK 128 is totally secure for generated key. In the DB I want to store hashes, not the plain text (to be protected against DB leak), but what hashing algorithm should I use? … SHA-256 produces bigger output than the key itself so it seems like it doesn't make sense to use a 128 bit key with SHA-256. …
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Do I need to use salt with api key hashing?

I will generate api keys. I plan to store their hashes instead of plain text. do i also need salt, similar to storing password? AFAIK salt prevents rainbow table attack and those are more sophistica …