A software developer wants to prevent stored passwords from being easily decrypted. When the password is stored by the application, additional text is added to
each password before the password is hashed. This technique is known as:

A.
Symmetric cryptography.

B.
Private key cryptography.

C.
Salting.

D.
Rainbow tables.

Explanation:
Salting can be used to strengthen the hashing when the passwords were encrypted. Though hashing is a one-way algorithm it does not mean that it cannot be
hacked. One method to hack a hash is though rainbow tables and salt is the counter measure to rainbow tables. With salt a password that you typed in and that
has been encrypted with a hash will yield a letter combination other than what you actually types in when it is rainbow table attacked.

Incorrect Answers:
A: Symmetric cryptography refers to symmetric algorithms require both ends of an encrypted message to have the same key and processing algorithms.
Symmetric algorithms generate a secret key that must be protected. A symmetric key, sometimes referred to as a secret key or private key, is a key that isn’t
disclosed to people who aren’t authorized to use the encryption system. The disclosure of a private key breaches the security of the encryption system.
B: Private Key cryptography is also known as symmetric cryptography.
D: Rainbow tables can be used to break a hash. A rainbow table attack focuses on identifying a stored value. By using values in an existing table of hashed
phrases or words (think of taking a word and hashing it every way you can imagine) and comparing them to values found.

Dulaney, Emmett and Chuck Eastton, CompTIA Security+ Study Guide, Sixth Edition, Sybex, Indianapolis, 2014, pp 249-250, 256