phc-discussions - Re: [PHC] "Why I Don't Recommend Scrypt"

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Message-ID: <CAHOTMVJOqZuAPRWi+HL0th4nEZO-U1wMJRnAMyfdMV4B=YUBaw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 11:34:41 -0700
From: Tony Arcieri <bascule@...il.com>
To: "discussions@...sword-hashing.net" <discussions@...sword-hashing.net>
Subject: Re: [PHC] "Why I Don't Recommend Scrypt"

On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 11:30 AM, Patrick Mylund Nielsen <
patrick@...rickmylund.com> wrote:

> I think this is the closest to a good argument against expensive functions
> that you get
>

The real argument against expensive functions is DoS (which, as it were,
was not mentioned in the blog post)

-- 
Tony Arcieri

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