Paper 2016/104

Open Sesame: The Password Hashing Competition and Argon2

Jos Wetzels

Abstract

In this document we present an overview of the background to and goals of the Password Hashing Competition (PHC) as well as the design of its winner, Argon2, and its security requirements and properties.

Metadata
Available format(s)
PDF
Category
Cryptographic protocols
Publication info
Preprint.
Keywords
Password Hashing CompetitionArgon2Memory-Hard Hash FunctionsGPU-FPGA-ASIC password cracking
Contact author(s)
a l g m wetzels @ gmail com
History
2016-02-10: received
Short URL
https://ia.cr/2016/104
License
Creative Commons Attribution
CC BY

BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:2016/104,
      author = {Jos Wetzels},
      title = {Open Sesame: The Password Hashing Competition and Argon2},
      howpublished = {Cryptology ePrint Archive, Paper 2016/104},
      year = {2016},
      note = {\url{https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/104}},
      url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/104}
}
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