In-reply-to » TIL: Argon2 is a newer modern password hashing algorithm 😅

@prologic@twtxt.net I read it in the German wikipedia article. Search for “currenc” in the author’s internet draft:

Argon2d uses data-dependent memory access, which makes it suitable for cryptocurrencies and proof-of-work applications with no threats from side-channel timing attacks.

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-irtf-cfrg-argon2-03#section-1

And:

These settings are more typical for backend servers and cryptocurrency minings. For practice we suggest the following settings:

  • Cryptocurrency mining, that takes 0.1 seconds on a 2 Ghz CPU using 1 core – Argon2d with 2 lanes and 250 MB of RAM.

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-irtf-cfrg-argon2-03#section-4

In the wikipedia article I read it more like a recommendation, but the original sounds in fact not that bad. Still, to me, that is not confidence-inspiring. I did not read the entire article, just quoted out of context. :-)

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