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Password Hashing Competition

Index Password Hashing Competition

The Password Hashing Competition was an open competition announced in 2013 to select one or more password hash functions that can be recognized as a recommended standard. [1]

10 relations: Advanced Encryption Standard process, Argon2, Crypt (C), Lyra2, NIST hash function competition, NullCrew, South Carolina Department of Revenue, Ubuntu Forums, 2011 PlayStation Network outage, 2012 LinkedIn hack.

Advanced Encryption Standard process

The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), the symmetric block cipher ratified as a standard by National Institute of Standards and Technology of the United States (NIST), was chosen using a process lasting from 1997 to 2000 that was markedly more open and transparent than its predecessor, the Data Encryption Standard (DES).

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Argon2

Argon2 is a key derivation function that was selected as the winner of the Password Hashing Competition in July 2015.

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Crypt (C)

crypt is the library function which is used to compute a password hash that can be used to store user account passwords while keeping them relatively secure (a passwd file).

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Lyra2

Lyra2 is a key derivation function (KDF), also called password hashing scheme (PHS), that received a special recognition during the Password Hashing Competition in July 2015.

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NIST hash function competition

The NIST hash function competition was an open competition held by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop a new hash function called SHA-3 to complement the older SHA-1 and SHA-2.

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NullCrew

NullCrew was a hacktivist group founded in 2012 that took responsibility for multiple high-profile computer attacks against corporations, educational institutions, and government agencies.

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South Carolina Department of Revenue

The Department of Revenue is a department of the South Carolina state government responsible for the administration of.

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Ubuntu Forums

The Ubuntu Forums is the official forum for the Ubuntu operating system.

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2011 PlayStation Network outage

The 2011 PlayStation Network outage was the result of an "external intrusion" on Sony's PlayStation Network and Qriocity services, in which personal details from approximately 77 million accounts were compromised and prevented users of PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable consoles from accessing the service.

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2012 LinkedIn hack

The social networking website LinkedIn was hacked on 5 June 2012, and passwords for nearly 6.5 million user accounts were stolen by Russian cybercriminals.

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Catena (cryptography), Makwa (cryptography), Yescrypt.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password_Hashing_Competition

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