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That doesn't work. Among other issues, Javascript is so much slower than C or CUDA at such tasks (no native integers!) that the client is going to take forever
by JoachimSchipper 15y ago
That doesn't work. Among other issues, Javascript is so much slower than C or CUDA at such tasks (no native integers!) that the client is going to take forever to calculate a sufficiently-hard hash.
- WA 15y agoThat might be a valid point. I just checked this: http://javascript-bcrypt.googlecode.com/hg/test.html http://javascript-bcrypt.googlecode.com/hg/test.html The initialization phase takes very long.
- owenmarshall 15y agoI think the most significant issue is that JS on the client is an absolute minefield for cryptography. Apart from the speed issues, it's impossible to secure...