Swift Requires Chilkat v11.6.0+
Swift
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.Chilkat Swift Downloads
func chilkatTest() {
var success: Bool = false
let crypt = CkoCrypt2()!
// The password should come from a secure source rather than being hard-coded.
var password: String? = "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).
let json = CkoJsonObject()!
// The salt is provided here as hex, overriding the default base64 for just this member.
json.updateString(jsonPath: "salt", value: "0102030405060708090a0b0c0d0e0f10")
json.updateString(jsonPath: "saltEncoding", value: "hex")
// The pepper is supplied as UTF-8 text (its own characters are the bytes).
json.updateString(jsonPath: "secret", value: "application-wide-pepper")
json.updateString(jsonPath: "secretEncoding", value: "utf-8")
// Associated data, supplied as UTF-8 text.
json.updateString(jsonPath: "ad", value: "user-id-42")
json.updateString(jsonPath: "adEncoding", value: "utf-8")
json.updateString(jsonPath: "passwordCharset", value: "utf-8")
json.updateInt(jsonPath: "maxMemoryKb", value: 1048576)
json.updateInt(jsonPath: "keyLen", value: 32)
let bdKey = CkoBinData()!
success = crypt.argon2DeriveKey(password: password, json: json.emit(), bdKey: bdKey)
if success == false {
print("\(crypt.lastErrorText!)")
return
}
var keyHex: String? = bdKey.getEncoded(encoding: "hex")
if bdKey.lastMethodSuccess == false {
print("\(bdKey.lastErrorText!)")
return
}
print("Derived key: \(keyHex!)")
}