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curprev 21:2021:20, 18 November 2018 BenKuykendall talk contribs 3,692 bytes −1,379 Removed stack exchange sources. Stack exchange answers, even if purportedly written by experts in the field, are never reliable sources. undo

curprev 12:5612:56, 13 October 2018 LucGommans talk contribs 5,071 bytes +2,389 The citation cited another paper from 1996, where a pepper is indeed a tossed value, but this definition is very outdated. In 1996, password hashing was barely a thing. Password storage is a fast-moving field when compared to cryptography in general and practices change every five to ten years. Password storage functions ("slow hashes") are now common and achieve the same goal more efficiently than tossed secrets. These days, in the context of hashing, pepper is unambiguously a secret input. undo

curprev 00:3100:31, 19 January 2018 2601:647:4901:8ce8:71f5:d678:e28a:ad94 talk 2,735 bytes −548 Undid revision 821200153 by Prushik (talk) = unreferenced opinion undo Tag: Undo
curprev 00:2800:28, 19 January 2018 Prushik talk contribs 3,283 bytes +548 Add information about the controversial use of this term/concept. Previously the information on this page was dangerous as it suggests a pepper is a common cryptographic concept, which it is never used by professionals. undo

curprev 18:1818:18, 18 December 2016 109.92.73.238 talk 5,370 bytes +1 Accidentally left out a number, fixed undo
curprev 18:1218:12, 18 December 2016 109.92.73.238 talk 5,369 bytes −1 Change all hex values to upper-case, for consistency's sake. undo
curprev 18:0618:06, 18 December 2016 109.92.73.238 talk 5,370 bytes 0 Show salt value first, as it is referenced by the next field undo
curprev 17:5017:50, 18 December 2016 109.92.73.238 talk 5,370 bytes +264 Show hex values in fixed-width font (they line actually line up now, and, honestly, seeing hex values in a non-fixed-width font is just unnatural) undo

curprev 10:0210:02, 10 December 2016 Yobot talk contribs m 5,106 bytes −17 WP:CHECKWIKI error fixes, removed stub tag using AWB undo

curprev 21:2521:25, 9 December 2016 Joshrado talk contribs 5,123 bytes +194 Added a source for pepper undo Tag: Visual edit
curprev 20:0020:00, 9 December 2016 Joshrado talk contribs m 4,929 bytes +146 Changed wording and placement of information. Added new heading. undo Tag: Visual edit
curprev 01:2001:20, 9 December 2016 Joshrado talk contribs 4,783 bytes +3,548 Added an example usage of pepper and enhanced the description of the pepper value. undo Tag: Visual edit