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SQL Server Requires Chilkat v11.6.0+

Hash a Password with Argon2 (Tuned Options)

Demonstrates Crypt2.Argon2HashPassword with explicit options: the cost parameters, saltLen (how many random salt bytes to generate when no salt is given), and an optional secret (pepper).

Background. For hashing, the salt is optional — when omitted, a random salt of saltLen bytes (default 16) is generated, which is the normal case. A secret or ad is not stored in the PHC string; the same values must be supplied to Argon2VerifyPassword for the password to verify.

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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @crypt int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Crypt2', @crypt OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    --  The password should come from a secure source rather than being hard-coded.
    DECLARE @password nvarchar(4000)
    SELECT @password = 'correct horse battery staple'

    --  The Argon2 options are the same members as Argon2DeriveKey, except the salt is optional for
    --  hashing.  When no "salt" is given, a random salt is generated; "saltLen" (default 16, range 8..1024)
    --  sets how many random bytes to use.
    DECLARE @json int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @json OUT

    DECLARE @success int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'variant', 'argon2id'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateInt', @success OUT, 'memoryCostKb', 131072
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateInt', @success OUT, 'iterations', 4
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateInt', @success OUT, 'parallelism', 2
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateInt', @success OUT, 'saltLen', 16

    --  A secret (pepper) and/or ad may be used, but neither is stored in the returned PHC string.  The
    --  same values must be supplied to Argon2VerifyPassword for the password to verify.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'secret', 'application-wide-pepper'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'secretEncoding', 'utf-8'

    DECLARE @phcHash nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'Emit', @sTmp0 OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @crypt, 'Argon2HashPassword', @phcHash OUT, @password, @sTmp0
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @crypt, 'LastMethodSuccess', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @crypt, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @crypt
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
        RETURN
      END

    PRINT @phcHash

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @crypt
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json


END
GO