CRFeb 8, 2016
Open Sesame: The Password Hashing Competition and Argon2
arXiv:1602.03097v216 citations
AI Analysis
It addresses the problem of secure password storage for cybersecurity applications, but is incremental as it summarizes an existing competition and its outcome.
The paper presents an overview of the Password Hashing Competition (PHC) and its winner Argon2, detailing the design, security requirements, and properties of the hashing algorithm.
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.