Against the recommendation of the IT security analyst, a company set all user passwords on a server as `P@55w0rD`. Upon review of the /etc/passwd file, an attacker found the following: alice:a8df3b6c4fd75f0617431fd248f35191df8d237f bob:2d250c5b2976b03d757f324ebd59340df96aa05e chris:ea981ec3285421d014108089f3f3f997ce0f4150 Which of the following BEST explains why the encrypted passwords do not match?

A. Perfect forward secrecy

B. Key stretching

C. Salting

D. Hashing





 

Correct Answer: C

This question is in SY0-601 exam
For getting CompTIA Security+ certificate