Re:SHA-3 Standard [pdf]
by tedunangst on Wednesday August 05, 2015 @04:18PM
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I feel silly just wading back in here, but...
Even assuming we're optimizing our selection for a KDF, blake2 is probably still the better choice. An attacker is likely to be using a hardware implementation. Your server is using software. An algorithm that's comparatively efficient in software reduces the disparity in capabilities.
Even assuming we're optimizing our selection for a KDF, blake2 is probably still the better choice. An attacker is likely to be using a hardware implementation. Your server is using software. An algorithm that's comparatively efficient in software reduces the disparity in capabilities.