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Your "password hashing functions" have another name already - KDFs, or key derivation functions.
by vertex-four 9y ago
Your "password hashing functions" have another name already - KDFs, or key derivation functions.
- baby 9y agoI think we're circling back, KDFs are definitely not suited for hashing passwords. For example, you wouldn't use SHA-3(password) as a password hashing function, but it makes a fine KDF. If you're thinking of PBKDF2, it's a "password-based" KDF as its name hints. While both password-based KDFs and password hashing functions seem to have common properties, I think the term "password hash" has caught up more (specifically thanks to the password hashing competition).