The M3dcrypt Password Hashing Function

Isaiah Makwakwa

Paper 2014/620

The M3dcrypt Password Hashing Function

Isaiah Makwakwa

Abstract

M3dcrypt is a password hashing function built around the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) algorithm and the arcfour pseudorandom function. It uses up to 256-bit pseudorandom salt values and supports 48-byte passwords.

Metadata

Available format(s): PDF
Publication info: Preprint. MINOR revision.
Keywords: one-way functions psedorandom functions
Contact author(s): imakwakwa @ gmail com
History: 2015-03-19: last of 2 revisions; 2014-08-13: received; See all versions
Short URL: https://ia.cr/2014/620
License: CC BY

BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:2014/620,
      author = {Isaiah Makwakwa},
      title = {The M3dcrypt Password Hashing Function},
      howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2014/620},
      year = {2014},
      url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2014/620}
}