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| author |   Mario Preksavec <mario at slackware dot hr> | 2017-08-09 00:39:45 +0100 |
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| committer |   Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org> | 2017-08-12 06:57:37 +0700 |
| commit | dd51444fe8f2b813d7bd6435b59185e43363205b (patch) | |
| tree | 5e6be11eb7220e24b38fa5cdd51d1873f63e12b0 /libraries/argon2/README | |
| parent | 4f730f1306d6aaa0eaa684831e41ffa472bd441c (diff) | |
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libraries/argon2: Added (password-hashing function).
Signed-off-by: David Spencer <idlemoor@slackbuilds.org>
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diff --git a/libraries/argon2/README b/libraries/argon2/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d4460f624c --- /dev/null +++ b/libraries/argon2/README @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +This is the reference C implementation of Argon2, the password-hashing +function that won the Password Hashing Competition (PHC). + +Argon2 is a password-hashing function that summarizes the state of the art +in the design of memory-hard functions and can be used to hash passwords +for credential storage, key derivation, or other applications. + +It has a simple design aimed at the highest memory filling rate and effective +use of multiple computing units, while still providing defense against +tradeoff attacks (by exploiting the cache and memory organization of the +recent processors). |