Comments on: Add Salt To Make Your Encryptions Better http://www.webmastersbydesign.com/2008/07/08/add-salt-to-make-your-encryptions-better/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:11:53 +0000 hourly 1 By: Human_Bagel http://www.webmastersbydesign.com/2008/07/08/add-salt-to-make-your-encryptions-better/comment-page-1/#comment-587 Human_Bagel Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:07:55 +0000 http://www.webmastersbydesign.com/?p=89#comment-587 I would personally use the hash() function in PHP, as the crypt() function creates a weak hash. example: hash('whirlpool', $string . $salt); or hash('ripemd160', $string . $salt); Another point to consider is to not use printable characters for salts, I like to use unicode, such as in PHP: $salt = chr(2231) . chr(7761) . chr(1211) . "\s \t\b"; I would personally use the hash() function in PHP, as the crypt() function creates a weak hash.
example:
hash(‘whirlpool’, $string . $salt);

or

hash(‘ripemd160′, $string . $salt);

Another point to consider is to not use printable characters for salts, I like to use unicode, such as in PHP:
$salt = chr(2231) . chr(7761) . chr(1211) . “\s \t\b”;

]]> By: Eric http://www.webmastersbydesign.com/2008/07/08/add-salt-to-make-your-encryptions-better/comment-page-1/#comment-569 Eric Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:24:21 +0000 http://www.webmastersbydesign.com/?p=89#comment-569 Very helpful. Simple enough to understand. Thanks for showing some code examples. Very helpful. Simple enough to understand. Thanks for showing some code examples.

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