randomSalt

Generates a random salt. Necessary for salting passwords.

NEVER REUSE A SALT! This must be called separately EVERY time any user sets or resets a password. Reusing salts defeats the security of salting passwords.

The length must be a multiple of 4, or this will throw an Exception

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  1. Salt randomSalt(size_t length)
    randomSalt
  2. Salt randomSalt(Rand rand, size_t length)

Detailed Description

Optional Params

Rand - Default value is 'DefaultCryptoRand'

length - Default value is 'defaultSaltLength'

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