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Re:SHA-3 Standard [pdf] by alextgordon on Wednesday August 05, 2015 @11:44PM (#10014418)
Ironically this whole thread played out in the opposite direction at the time of SHA3's announcement:

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2012/10/keccak_is_sha...

https://www.imperialviolet.org/2012/10/21/nist.html

tl;dr: Keccak is not a good partner for PBKDF2. It has good hardware performance but comparatively poor software performance. This benefits attackers with FPGAs or better.

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