SodiumPasswordHash

NAME

Crypt::SodiumPasswordHash - scrypt password hashing using libsodium

SYNOPSIS


use Crypt::SodiumPasswordHash;

my $password =  'somepa55word';

my $hash     =  sodium-hash($password);

if sodium-verify($hash, $password ) {

    #  password ok

}

DESCRIPTION

This module provides a binding to the password hashing functions provided by libsodium.

The algorithm used is the one recomended by the installed version of libsodium. as of version 23 this is a variant of Argon2, but older versions may provide a different one as may future versions. Additionally the sodium-verify should be able to verify a password hash created by other libraries that support the Argon2 family such as Crypt::Argon2.

The hash returned by sodium-hash is in the format used in /etc/shadow and can be verified by other libraries that understand the algorithm. By default the interactive limits for memory and CPU usage are used, which is a reasonable compromise for the time taken for both hashing and verification. If the :sensitive switch is supplied to sodium-hash then both hashing and verification take significantly longer (and use more memory,) so this may not suitable for some applications.

Crypt::SodiumPasswordHash v0.0.5

Binding for libsodium password hashing

Authors

License

Artistic-2.0

Dependencies

Test Dependencies

Provides

  • Crypt::SodiumPasswordHash

Documentation

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