Secret keys in SCM

Your config file shouldn’t be public at all. It includes your database credentials in addition to the 8 SALTs WordPress. (The secret keys alone make it possible to brute force your log-in in a bout a week: http://codeseekah.com/2012/04/09/why-wordpress-authentication-unique-keys-and-salts-are-important/)

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