Mono Class Library: System.Security.Cryptography.PasswordDeriveBytes Overview | Members

System.Security.Cryptography.PasswordDeriveBytes.Salt Property

A salt (public random value) to be added to the derivation. [Edit]

public byte[] Salt { set; get; }

Value

The current salt value being used to derive bytes. [Edit]

Remarks

The salt value helps to prevent pre-calculated dictionary attacks against the algorithm. [Edit]

Requirements

Namespace: System.Security.Cryptography
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0
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