phc-discussions - Re: [PHC] winner selection

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Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2015 15:17:30 +0100
From: Darren J Moffat <Darren.Moffat@...cle.COM>
To: discussions@...sword-hashing.net
CC: Marsh Ray <maray@...rosoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PHC] winner selection



On 04/14/15 18:08, Marsh Ray wrote:
> From: Darren J Moffat
>>
>> Though personally I don't mind too much if we end up with different algorithms for the PDKDF2
>> (key derivation) replacement use cases versus "password hash" use cases.
>
> But isn't that where we want good interoperability even more than for credential storage? Think encrypted document interchange.

Yes I agree, and maybe I was too vague.  What I was saying was ideally 1 
winner and at a maximum 2 (one for key derivation and one for password 
hashing).

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Darren J Moffat