Clarify salting

5 years ago · 53bd384f2e
parent 922a20ba26
commit 53bd384f2e
1 changed files with 3 additions and 2 deletions
--- a/proposals/2134-identity-hash-lookup.md
+++ b/proposals/2134-identity-hash-lookup.md
@ -236,13 +236,14 @@ any non-Matrix 3PIDs that slipped in. Salts MUST match the regular expression
    "70b1b5637937ab99f6aad01f694b3665541a5b9cbdfe54880462b3f1ad35d1f4"

    The client should generate a salt. Let's say it generates "salt123". This
-    value is appended to the hash.
+    value is appended to the base64-representation of the hash digest of the
+    initial 3pid and pepper.

    "70b1b5637937ab99f6aad01f694b3665541a5b9cbdfe54880462b3f1ad35d1f4"
    becomes
    "70b1b5637937ab99f6aad01f694b3665541a5b9cbdfe54880462b3f1ad35d1f4salt123"

-    And then hashed:
+    Which is then hashed:

    "70b1b5637937ab99f6aad01f694b3665541a5b9cbdfe54880462b3f1ad35d1f4salt123"
    becomes