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Argon2 Key Derivation with a Secret (Pepper), AD, and Encodings

Demonstrates the optional Argon2 options for Crypt2.Argon2DeriveKey: secret (a pepper), ad (associated data), the encoding member and its per-member overrides saltEncoding/secretEncoding/adEncoding, passwordCharset, and maxMemoryKb.

Background. A pepper is a secret value held by the application and not stored with the hash, so a stolen hash database cannot be attacked without it. The encoding members control how the salt, secret, and ad text are interpreted as bytes (base64 by default; utf-8 uses the characters themselves). maxMemoryKb is a guard against an unreasonable memory cost.

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function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    var crypt = new chilkat.Crypt2();

    //  The password should come from a secure source rather than being hard-coded.
    var password = "correct horse battery staple";

    //  Build the Argon2 options JSON, this time using the optional secret, ad, and encoding members.
    //    secret         the RFC 9106 secret value K, often called a "pepper": a key held by the
    //                   application and NOT stored with the hash, so a stolen hash database cannot be
    //                   attacked without it.
    //    ad             optional associated data X: additional non-secret data bound into the derivation.
    //    encoding       how salt, secret, and ad are encoded (default base64).  Per-member overrides are
    //                   saltEncoding, secretEncoding, and adEncoding.
    //    passwordCharset  the charset the password is converted to before use (default utf-8).
    //    maxMemoryKb    a guard (not an Argon2 parameter) refusing to allocate more than this many KB;
    //                   default 2097152 (2 GB).
    var json = new chilkat.JsonObject();

    //  The salt is provided here as hex, overriding the default base64 for just this member.
    json.UpdateString("salt","0102030405060708090a0b0c0d0e0f10");
    json.UpdateString("saltEncoding","hex");

    //  The pepper is supplied as UTF-8 text (its own characters are the bytes).
    json.UpdateString("secret","application-wide-pepper");
    json.UpdateString("secretEncoding","utf-8");

    //  Associated data, supplied as UTF-8 text.
    json.UpdateString("ad","user-id-42");
    json.UpdateString("adEncoding","utf-8");

    json.UpdateString("passwordCharset","utf-8");
    json.UpdateInt("maxMemoryKb",1048576);
    json.UpdateInt("keyLen",32);

    var bdKey = new chilkat.BinData();
    success = crypt.Argon2DeriveKey(password,json.Emit(),bdKey);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(crypt.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    var keyHex = bdKey.GetEncoded("hex");
    if (bdKey.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
        console.log(bdKey.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    console.log("Derived key: " + keyHex);

}

chilkatExample();