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feat: increase scrypt parameters #470

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@Zenithar Zenithar commented Mar 10, 2023

Fixes #467

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Increase the default scrypt KDF parameters to a more recent parameter set.

Types of changes:

  • Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
  • New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
  • Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected).

Description of the changes being introduced by the pull request:

Provides backward compatibility to for legacy parameter set, and provides more recent parameter based on various recommendations (Scrypt Author / OWASP).

  • Legacy settings (2^15, 8, 1)
  • Standard recommended settings (2^16, 8, 1) => Targeting ~100ms
  • OWASP recommended settings (2^17, 8, 1)

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  • Tests have been added for the bug fix or new feature
  • Docs have been added for the bug fix or new feature

@Zenithar Zenithar marked this pull request as ready for review March 10, 2023 11:36
Signed-off-by: Thibault Normand <me@zenithar.org>
Signed-off-by: Thibault Normand <me@zenithar.org>
Signed-off-by: Thibault Normand <me@zenithar.org>
@rdimitrov rdimitrov force-pushed the zenithar/security_increase_scrypt_parameters branch from badc5d9 to bfacef0 Compare July 3, 2023 15:21
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@trishankatdatadog @znewman01 @mnm678 - hey, can you have a look so we can move this forward?

@znewman01 znewman01 merged commit 6aa3072 into theupdateframework:master Jul 5, 2023
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Should the scrypt parameters be updated?
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