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Re: [Cfrg] scrypt password-based key derivation function

Tony Arcieri <bascule@gmail.com> Sun, 13 December 2015 00:50 UTC

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From: Tony Arcieri <bascule@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Cfrg] scrypt password-based key derivation function
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On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 2:22 AM, Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org>
wrote:

> At this point, publishing the scrypt document is about documenting
> reality.  Scrypt is already widely deployed used on the Internet.  That
> is why I believe it is useful to publish this.  I agree it is better to
> promote Argon2 going forward -- and that work is in progress -- but I
> believe there will be years until it reaches the same deployment level
> as scrypt.  Argon2 was finalized only on the last months.


+1

As a PHC judge: scrypt is still a fine choice, and while I think Argon2
will be a great choice in the future, scrypt has a much better ecosystem of
supported implementations, documentation, etc

-- 
Tony Arcieri

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