phc-discussions - Re: [PHC] A silly (?) consideration for script-friendly hashes

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Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 14:20:37 -0800
From: Larry Bugbee <bugbee@....com>
To: discussions@...sword-hashing.net
Subject: Re: [PHC] A silly (?) consideration for script-friendly hashes

On Jan 24, 2014, at 2:17 PM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net> wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Larry Bugbee <bugbee@....com> wrote:
>> On Jan 24, 2014, at 2:13 PM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> just hash the domain in
>>> with the salt before using it to hash a password
>> 
>> Good idea, but why not also add userid?
>> 
>> 
> 
> Because then you need some kind of trusted input so that scripts can't
> just fake the userid.  

Sorry, and perhaps I'm dense, but I don't see why that's a problem.


> At that point, you might as well try to use a
> protocol like SRP instead.
> 
> --Andy