Re:How to Safely Store Your Users' Passwords in 2016
by warfangle on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @12:57PM
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It looks like that one is pure JS, using native node crypt functionality for randomness.
The one recommended in the article[0] actually includes a blowfish C++ binding, with both synchronous and asynchronous methods for comparing and hashing. That binding uses NAN[1] to queue AsyncWorkers. NAN uses libuv[2] behind the scenes to launch a thread[3].
The one recommended in the article[0] actually includes a blowfish C++ binding, with both synchronous and asynchronous methods for comparing and hashing. That binding uses NAN[1] to queue AsyncWorkers. NAN uses libuv[2] behind the scenes to launch a thread[3].
0. https://www.npmjs.com/package/bcrypt
1. https://github.com/nodejs/nan
2. https://github.com/libuv/libuv
3. https://blog.scottfrees.com/building-an-asynchronous-c-addon...