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Question:

Cheryl knows that the OpenSSL password file protects passwords by using 1,000 rounds of MD5 hashing to help protect password information. What is this technique called?

A Key stretching.
explanation

Key stretching is used to improve weak keys. One way of implementing it is by repeatedly using a hash function or a block cipher, increasing the effort that an attacker would need to exert to attack the resulting hashed or encrypted data. The rest of the options were made up.

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