phc-discussions - Re: [PHC] Best use of ROM in password hashing

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Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 14:11:54 +0400
From: Solar Designer <solar@...nwall.com>
To: discussions@...sword-hashing.net
Subject: Re: [PHC] Best use of ROM in password hashing

On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 01:59:39PM +0400, Solar Designer wrote:
> yescrypt's current ROM initialization algorithm is meant to work for the
> anti-botnet purpose (with botnet nodes much smaller then the defender's
> authentication servers), even if the seed is stolen.

s/then/than/

Maybe I should re-read what I post.  ... but it's not as bad as Bill's
"script" and "yescript" in place of "scrypt" and "yescrypt". ;-)

Alexander