Re: SHA Question

Tom wrote:
> PKCS #5 addresses this in a more flexible manner.

Got a pointer to that? (link + section) i'm curious what is says..


> They're not salt bytes if they're static. That actually doesn't make
it any harder for the attacker.

What to call it then? "pre-/appended junkbytes that go in with the
passphrase"?

The question Neo was asking about was to "encrypt files", so sessionkey
creation / management is not very useful, thats why i ommited them
earlier.

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