phc-discussions - Re: [PHC] Argon2 version 1.2.1 release

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Message-ID: <CALW8-7KfgU6_FXwu=f-FK=5mCw_yp7n-hHmykupFpxeHiaxgsQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 18:43:55 +0200
From: Dmitry Khovratovich <khovratovich@...il.com>
To: "discussions@...sword-hashing.net" <discussions@...sword-hashing.net>
Subject: Re: [PHC] Argon2 version 1.2.1 release

Fixed the bug with Argon2_id, should work differently now.

On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 5:44 PM, Bill Cox <waywardgeek@...il.com> wrote:

> This looks really good!  Whoever you guys have working on the code did a
> first rate job.  It is clean and concise at the same time, while being
> readable and reasonably commented.  I have not yet done an in-depth code
> review, but from what I've seen so far, it's exactly what I was hoping
> for.  With this level of quality, Argon2 deserves to win, IMO.
>
> However, with new code comes new goobers:
>
> - The types Argon2_i, Argon2_d, etc, should be commented in the code.  Few
> programmers will bother reading the documentation, so the code has to be
> understandable on it's own.  There needs to be some comments to help the
> programmer decide which to call.
>
> - I think the Argon2_id mode is currently equivalent to Argon2_d.  There's
> no place in the reference code where Argon2_id is used.  The reason the
> vectors are different is probably because the type is hashed into the
> initial derived key, as it should be.
>
> Overall, this seems like outstanding work.  Thanks to everyone in the
> Argon2 team for delivering a first rate solution!
>
> Bill
>



-- 
Best regards,
Dmitry Khovratovich

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