A better way to think about passwords

[MFPA]

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Hi


On Tuesday 19 April 2011 at 11:56:30 AM, in
<mid:4DAD6A5E.7020306 at gmail.com>, Faramir wrote:


> It would still be
> vulnerable to a complete rainbow table for SHA-256, but
> if such rainbow table exists at all, then we are all
> toasted, no matter what password we use, it would still
> be found.

Doesn't the use of a salt defeat rainbow tables?

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