Re: Adding a simple API for secure password hashing?
| From: | Pierre Joye | Date: | Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:42:26 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Adding a simple API for secure password hashing? | ||
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hi,
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 11:06 AM, Alexey Zakhlestin <indeyets@gmail.com> wrote:
> The post says, that SCrypt is better, because it is way harder to solve.
> Bcrypt requires a lot of CPU, but SCrypt requires a lot of CPU + a lot of RAM
Ah right, I read it the other way 'round...
>>> It is BSD-licensed, so we can easily bundle it with PHP
>>
>> Maybe nice to have in pecl.'
>
> Sure, that's an option, but pecl won't help php to have default
> "state-of-art" password hashing toolset ;)
There is sadly only state-of-art-right-now password hashing methods.
We have to keep that in mind :)
Cheers,
--
Pierre
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