[Cfrg] Fw: Argon2i, scrypt, balloon hashing, ...

Isn't password hashing out of scope for IRTF work? Or at least not a focus? Like RNGs and secure storage‎, it is important to security but not a form openly interoperable communication.

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From: Dan Brown <danibrown@blackberry.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 9:53 AM
To: Phillip Rogaway; cfrg@irtf.org
Subject: Re: [Cfrg] Argon2i, scrypt, balloon hashing, ...

Also, isn't the need for interoperability of password hashing smaller‎ than for general protected communication?  (Or, is the eventual intent to add these algorithms to some IETF protocols, e.g. PAKEs etc.?)

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From: Phillip Rogaway
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2016 6:37 PM
To: cfrg@irtf.org
Subject: [Cfrg] Argon2i, scrypt, balloon hashing, ...

I would like to gently suggest the CFRG not move
forward with blessing any memory-hard hash function
at this time.  The area seems too much
in flux, at this time, for this to be desirable.
Really nice results are coming out apace.
Standards can come too early, you know, just as
they can come out too late.

phil

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