Node.js

Generate Salt in Hex or Base64 Format

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Demonstrates how to generate a cryptographic salt value and get the result as hex or base64. Node.js

NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    //  In cryptography, a salt is random data that is used as an additional input to a one-way function that "hashes" data, a password or passphrase.

    //  Let's say we want to generate a 16-byte salt value..
    var prng = new chilkat.Prng();

    var saltHex = prng.GenRandom(16,"hex");
    console.log("16-byte salt as hex: " + saltHex);

    var saltBase64 = prng.GenRandom(16,"base64");
    console.log("16-byte salt as base64: " + saltBase64);

}

chilkatExample();