A user creаtes аn аccоunt оn a website. The system generates a randоm salt, combines it with the user’s password, applies a hashing algorithm, and stores both the salt and hash in the database. Later, during login, the system retrieves the salt again, repeats the hashing process with the entered password, and compares the result with the stored hash. Which phase is described when the system combines the entered password with the stored salt during login to check if it matches the stored hash?