Salt

nounid 3979·updated May 12, 2026

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A non-secret value that is used in a cryptographic process, usually to ensure that the results of computations for one instance cannot be reused by an Attacker.

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—80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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plural: Salts
possessive: Salt's
pluralpossessive: Salts'

Framework definitions

3 senses across 3 frameworks

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →

§1: A non-secret value that is used in a cryptographic process, usually to ensure that the results of computations for one instance cannot be reused by an Attacker.

CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →

§1: A non-secret value that is used in a cryptographic process, usually to ensure that the results of computations for one instance cannot be reused by an Attacker.

NIST SP 800-631 senseview framework →

§1: A non-secret value that is used in a cryptographic process, usually to ensure that the results of computations for one instance cannot be reused by an Attacker.

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