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Fix a typo in the section on stretching

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Correct a typo in the description of how passwords are stretched.
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Christiaan Conover 2019-08-21 22:24:12 +00:00
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@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ GitLab stores user passwords in a hashed format, to prevent passwords from being
GitLab uses the [Devise](https://github.com/plataformatec/devise) authentication library, which handles the hashing of user passwords. Password hashes are created with the following attributes: GitLab uses the [Devise](https://github.com/plataformatec/devise) authentication library, which handles the hashing of user passwords. Password hashes are created with the following attributes:
- **Hashing**: the [bcrypt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bcrypt) hashing function is used to generate the hash of the provided password. This is a strong, industry-standard cryptographic hashing function. - **Hashing**: the [bcrypt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bcrypt) hashing function is used to generate the hash of the provided password. This is a strong, industry-standard cryptographic hashing function.
- **Stretching**: Password hashes are [stretched](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_stretching) to harden against brute-force attacks. GitLab uses a streching factor of 10 by default. - **Stretching**: Password hashes are [stretched](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_stretching) to harden against brute-force attacks. GitLab uses a stretching factor of 10 by default.
- **Salting**: A [cryptographic salt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_(cryptography)) is added to each password to harden against pre-computed hash and dictionary attacks. Each salt is randomly generated for each password, so that no two passwords share a salt to further increase security. - **Salting**: A [cryptographic salt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_(cryptography)) is added to each password to harden against pre-computed hash and dictionary attacks. Each salt is randomly generated for each password, so that no two passwords share a salt to further increase security.