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authorBenjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>2014-05-26 15:42:44 -0700
committerBenjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>2014-05-26 15:42:44 -0700
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@@ -180,9 +180,9 @@ Key Derivation Function
-----------------------
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.
+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 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_%28cryptography%29>`_.
.. function:: pbkdf2_hmac(name, password, salt, rounds, dklen=None)