C++ Requires Chilkat v11.6.0+
C++
Verify an Argon2 Password with a Secret and Memory Guard
Demonstrates Crypt2.Argon2VerifyPassword when the hash was created with a secret (pepper) or ad, and the use of maxMemoryKb to guard against untrusted hash strings.
Background. Only the
secret, ad, encoding, passwordCharset, and maxMemoryKb options are used during verification; everything else is ignored. Because the memory cost is taken from the hash string, setting maxMemoryKb for hashes from an untrusted source prevents an enormous claimed cost from exhausting memory; it is checked before any allocation. The method returns 1 for a match, 0 for no match, and -1 if the verification could not be performed; always test for a match with == 1.Chilkat C++ Downloads
#include <CkCrypt2.h>
#include <CkJsonObject.h>
void ChilkatSample(void)
{
CkCrypt2 crypt;
// The password should come from a secure source rather than being hard-coded.
const char *password = "correct horse battery staple";
const char *phcHash = "$argon2id$v=19$m=131072,t=4,p=2$c29tZXJhbmRvbXNhbHQ$3fJ7v1qKcVJ0lHqXjBQZ8mYm3sNTfSPRt0bqDl9kEyM";
// When the hash was created with a secret (pepper) or ad, the same values must be supplied to verify.
// Only the secret, ad, encoding, passwordCharset, and maxMemoryKb members of the options are used;
// everything else is ignored.
CkJsonObject json;
json.UpdateString("secret","application-wide-pepper");
json.UpdateString("secretEncoding","utf-8");
// maxMemoryKb guards against a hash from an untrusted source claiming an enormous memory cost. The
// memory cost is taken from the hash string, so this limit is checked before any memory is allocated.
// It defaults to 2 GB.
json.UpdateInt("maxMemoryKb",262144);
// Argon2VerifyPassword returns 1 if the password matched, 0 if it did not match, and -1 if the
// verification could not be performed. Always test for a match with == 1.
int verifyResult = crypt.Argon2VerifyPassword(password,json.emit(),phcHash);
if (verifyResult == 1) {
std::cout << "The password is verified." << "\r\n";
}
else {
if (verifyResult == 0) {
std::cout << "The password does not match." << "\r\n";
}
else {
std::cout << "The verification could not be performed: " << crypt.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
}
}
}