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Unicode C++
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 Unicode C++ Downloads
#include <CkCrypt2W.h>
#include <CkJsonObjectW.h>
void ChilkatSample(void)
{
CkCrypt2W crypt;
// The password should come from a secure source rather than being hard-coded.
const wchar_t *password = L"correct horse battery staple";
const wchar_t *phcHash = L"$argon2id$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.
CkJsonObjectW json;
json.UpdateString(L"secret",L"application-wide-pepper");
json.UpdateString(L"secretEncoding",L"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(L"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.
int verifyResult = crypt.Argon2VerifyPassword(password,json.emit(),phcHash);
if (verifyResult == 1) {
wprintf(L"The password is verified.\n");
}
else {
if (verifyResult == 0) {
wprintf(L"The password does not match.\n");
}
else {
wprintf(L"The verification could not be performed: %s\n",crypt.lastErrorText());
}
}
}