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Any info on how they rate/compare the algorithms? I could not find anything on the site. In particular, it would be nice to see how bcrypt/scrypt/PBKDF2 rate.


Since bcrypt and PBKDF2 aren't even memory-hard, and PBKDF2 is especially easy to speed up with hardware, the answer is "comparatively, not well".

They're all still light years better than DIY salted hashes.




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