The Process of Applying a Salt and Cryptographic Hash to a Password

question 42

Multiple Choice

The process of applying a salt and cryptographic hash to a password then repeating the process many times is known as which of the following?

• A) Collision resistance
• B) Rainbow table
• C) Key stretching
• D) Brute force attack

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Definitions:

Hydrocarbons

Organic compounds consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon, found in fossil fuels and as a major component of petroleum and natural gas.

Low-Quality Energy

Energy that is dispersed and difficult to gather for useful work, such as heat energy at a low temperature.

Uranium-235

An isotope of uranium that is fissile, meaning it can sustain a nuclear chain reaction, used as fuel in nuclear reactors and weapons.

Conservation of Matter

A scientific law stating that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system, only transformed.