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The recent post "Fairy Tales in password hashing"[0] in regards to scrypt seems somewhat relevant here.

[0]: http://vnhacker.blogspot.com/2014/04/fairy-tales-in-password...



No, it's not relevant to this discussion at all.


Hardly, because it's not about scrypt itself but about how (according to the author) the library's API encourages incorrect usage.

A reader of your comment might assume that the article is about some perceived flaw in scrypt itself.


I can see that perspective. I could have made it more clear.

I see it as it being more about incorrect usage or application, rather than a fault with scrypt.




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