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Cryptographic nonces prevent devastating replay attacks

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A nonce is a random number strictly used once in a cryptographic communication. It guarantees that even if a malicious actor records your encrypted password request and sends it again later, the server rejects it because the required random number has already expired.

Cryptographic nonces prevent devastating replay attacks
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