The Unix password system incorporates “salt” to reduce the risk of dictionary attacks. The salt is a nonce. When the password is created, the hash is computed from the password text concatenated with...


The Unix password system incorporates “salt” to reduce the risk of dictionary attacks. The salt is a nonce. When the password is created, the hash is computed from the password text concatenated with the nonce. Both the nonce and the hashed password are stored as the user’s base secret. Draw a diagram to show how the nonce and password would be used to check a text password for correctness.



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