Password Hashing
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1
Adding a unique random 'salt' to each password before hashing primarily prevents:
A.Brute-force attacks entirely
B.Precomputed rainbow-table attacks
C.Network sniffing
D.Phishing
2
Passwords should be stored in a database as:
A.Plain text for easy recovery
B.Salted hashes
C.Base64-encoded text
D.Inside the source code
3
An attack that systematically tries many possible passwords until one works is a:
A.Brute-force attack
B.SQL injection
C.Cross-site scripting
D.Phishing
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