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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 PowerShell Downloads
Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"
$crypt = New-Object Chilkat.Crypt2
# The password should come from a secure source rather than being hard-coded.
$password = "correct horse battery staple"
$phcHash = "$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.
$json = New-Object 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.
$verifyResult = $crypt.Argon2VerifyPassword($password,$json.Emit(),$phcHash)
if ($verifyResult -eq 1) {
$("The password is verified.")
}
else {
if ($verifyResult -eq 0) {
$("The password does not match.")
}
else {
$("The verification could not be performed: " + $crypt.LastErrorText)
}
}