CompTIA SY0-701 Exam - Topic 1 Question 10 Discussion

Actual exam question for CompTIA's SY0-701 exam

Question #: 10
Topic #: 1

In order to strengthen a password and prevent a hacker from cracking it, a random string of 36 characters was added to the password. Which of the following best describes this technique?

AKey stretching

BTokenization

CData masking

DSalting

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Suggested Answer: D

Adding a random string of characters, known as a 'salt,' to a password before hashing it is known as salting. This technique strengthens passwords by ensuring that even if two users have the same password, their hashes will be different due to the unique salt, making it much harder for attackers to crack passwords using precomputed tables. Reference: CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 course content and official CompTIA study resources.

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Adelle

10 months ago

Tokenization is something else entirely, not this!

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In

10 months ago

36 characters? Seems excessive, is that really necessary?

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Janessa

10 months ago

Salting is the right term here, for sure.

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Paris

10 months ago

I thought it was key stretching?

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Rodolfo

11 months ago

That's definitely salting!

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Rolf

11 months ago

This feels like a classic example of salting to me. We had a similar practice question where they added random data to enhance security.

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Eulah

11 months ago

I’m a bit confused. I thought tokenization was about replacing sensitive data, not just adding characters to a password.

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Reiko

11 months ago

I remember practicing a question about key stretching, but I don't think that's what this is. Adding a random string seems more like salting.

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Taryn

11 months ago

I think this might be related to salting, but I'm not entirely sure. It sounds familiar from our discussions on password security.

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Sophia

11 months ago

I'm a bit confused by this question. The options seem pretty similar, and I'm not sure I fully understand the differences between them. I'll have to think it through carefully and maybe even look up the definitions to make sure I choose the right answer.

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Malcom

11 months ago

Okay, let me think this through. Tokenization is used to replace sensitive data with non-sensitive placeholders, so that's not it. Data masking is about obscuring data, which doesn't seem to fit here. I'm leaning towards salting, since that's the technique of adding random data to a password to make it harder to crack.

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Emerson

11 months ago

Hmm, I'm not totally sure about this one. Is it possible that it could be key stretching? I know that's another technique used to strengthen passwords, but I'm not 100% confident in the differences between the options.

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Lashawnda

11 months ago

This looks like a straightforward question on password security techniques. I'm pretty sure the answer is D - Salting, since adding a random string to the password is a common way to make it harder to crack.

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Olga

12 months ago

Okay, let me think this through step-by-step. I know the manual pages are accessed using a specific command, and the options provided seem to be related to that. I'm going to eliminate the ones that don't seem quite right, and then make my best guess.

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Ivette

2 years ago

I don't think it's Key stretching, Emile. It's more about adding random characters like in Salting to protect the password.

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Emile

2 years ago

I'm not sure. I think it could also be A) Key stretching, where the password is modified to create a longer and stronger key.

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Juan

2 years ago

I agree with Shayne. Salting adds extra random characters to the password to make it harder to crack.

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Shayne

2 years ago

I think the answer is D) Salting.

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Stefania

2 years ago

Hmm, that makes sense too. Tokenization does involve replacing sensitive data with tokens for security purposes.

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Jillian

2 years ago

I'm not sure about the answer, but I think tokenization could also be a possibility.

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Gladys

2 years ago

I disagree, I believe it is A) Key stretching because it involves adding extra characters to strengthen the password.

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Stefania

2 years ago

I think the answer is D) Salting.

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Ricarda

2 years ago

Hold on, key stretching is a different thing entirely. I think the answer has to be D) Salting. Adding a random string to the password is a classic salting technique, and it's specifically designed to prevent cracking attempts.

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Yuriko

2 years ago

Hmm, I don't think tokenization is the right answer here. This seems more like a case of key stretching to me. Key stretching is a technique that increases the computational effort required to crack a password, making it much harder for a hacker to succeed.

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Raymon

2 years ago

I agree, key stretching is a good technique to protect against password cracking.

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Jeff

2 years ago

Definitely, using key stretching can help improve the security of passwords.

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Eliseo

2 years ago

Got it, key stretching is the best option for strengthening passwords.

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Loise

2 years ago

Exactly! It's like adding a random string of characters to make the password harder to crack.

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Ciara

2 years ago

So, key stretching is the process of adding extra random characters to a password to increase its strength?

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Bettina

2 years ago

Key stretching makes it harder for hackers to crack passwords by increasing the effort needed.

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Mattie

2 years ago

I think you're right, it does sound like key stretching.

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Vivienne

2 years ago

I'm not so sure about that. Salting is a good technique, but I think this question might be asking about something a bit different. What about B) Tokenization? That's where you replace sensitive data with a non-sensitive placeholder, which could also help protect the password, no?

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Ben

2 years ago

Ah, this question is interesting! Adding a random string to a password is definitely a technique to strengthen it and prevent cracking. I think the best answer here is D) Salting. Salting is the process of adding a random string to the password to make it more unique and harder to crack using brute-force or dictionary attacks.

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