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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.Chilkat Unicode C++ Downloads
#include <CkCrypt2W.h>
#include <CkJsonObjectW.h>
#include <CkBinDataW.h>
void ChilkatSample(void)
{
bool success = false;
CkCrypt2W crypt;
// The password should come from a secure source rather than being hard-coded.
const wchar_t *password = L"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).
CkJsonObjectW json;
// The salt is provided here as hex, overriding the default base64 for just this member.
json.UpdateString(L"salt",L"0102030405060708090a0b0c0d0e0f10");
json.UpdateString(L"saltEncoding",L"hex");
// The pepper is supplied as UTF-8 text (its own characters are the bytes).
json.UpdateString(L"secret",L"application-wide-pepper");
json.UpdateString(L"secretEncoding",L"utf-8");
// Associated data, supplied as UTF-8 text.
json.UpdateString(L"ad",L"user-id-42");
json.UpdateString(L"adEncoding",L"utf-8");
json.UpdateString(L"passwordCharset",L"utf-8");
json.UpdateInt(L"maxMemoryKb",1048576);
json.UpdateInt(L"keyLen",32);
CkBinDataW bdKey;
success = crypt.Argon2DeriveKey(password,json.emit(),bdKey);
if (success == false) {
wprintf(L"%s\n",crypt.lastErrorText());
return;
}
const wchar_t *keyHex = bdKey.getEncoded(L"hex");
if (bdKey.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
wprintf(L"%s\n",bdKey.lastErrorText());
return;
}
wprintf(L"Derived key: %s\n",keyHex);
}