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.

NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var crypt = new chilkat.Crypt2();

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

    var 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.
    var json = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    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.
    var verifyResult = crypt.Argon2VerifyPassword(password,json.Emit(),phcHash);
    if (verifyResult == 1) {
        console.log("The password is verified.");
    }
    else {
        if (verifyResult == 0) {
            console.log("The password does not match.");
        }
        else {
            console.log("The verification could not be performed: " + crypt.LastErrorText);
        }

    }


}

chilkatExample();