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How do you choose your password salt ?

BlueForest85Jan 26 2023

Hello everyone,

In a user table, I store the SHA512 of mySalt||theRealPassword||myPepper
Actually here, mySalt is the username of the user, and myPepper is a static string I chose.
I don't know if taking the username as salt is secure. What could be a better salt ?
How do you determine the salt of a password ?

Thank you ! :)

This post has been answered by fac586 on Jan 26 2023
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