link to wikipedia description of cryptographic salt

2014-05-26 15:42:29 -07:00 · 2014-05-26 15:42:29 -07:00 · 0d81d80f6e
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@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ Key Derivation Function
 Key derivation and key stretching algorithms are designed for secure password
 hashing. Naive algorithms such as ``sha1(password)`` are not resistant against
 brute-force attacks. A good password hashing function must be tunable, slow, and
-include a salt.
+include a `salt <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_%28cryptography%29>`_.


 .. function:: pbkdf2_hmac(name, password, salt, rounds, dklen=None)