[Python-checkins] cpython (3.4): link to wikipedia description of cryptographic salt

[benjamin.peterson]

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/2777ee24c189
changeset:   90854:2777ee24c189
branch:      3.4
user:        Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org>
date:        Mon May 26 15:42:29 2014 -0700
summary:
  link to wikipedia description of cryptographic salt

files:
  Doc/library/hashlib.rst |  2 +-
  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/library/hashlib.rst b/Doc/library/hashlib.rst
--- a/Doc/library/hashlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/hashlib.rst
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
 Key derivation and key stretching algorithms are designed for secure password
 hashing. Naive algorithms such as ``sha1(password)`` are not resistant against
 brute-force attacks. A good password hashing function must be tunable, slow, and
-include a salt.
+include a `salt <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_%28cryptography%29>`_.
 
 
 .. function:: pbkdf2_hmac(name, password, salt, rounds, dklen=None)

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