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Uses the SubtleCrypto interface of the Web Cryptography API to hash a password using PBKDF2, and validate a stored password hash against a subsequently supplied password. Note that both bcrypt and scrypt offer better defence against ASIC/GPU attacks, but are not available within WebCrypto.
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| * Returns PBKDF2 derived key from supplied password. | |
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| * Stored key can subsequently be used to verify that a password matches the original password used | |
| * to derive the key, using pbkdf2Verify(). | |
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| * @param {String} password - Password to be hashed using key derivation function. | |
| * @param {Number} [iterations=1e6] - Number of iterations of HMAC function to apply. | |
| * @returns {String} Derived key as base64 string. | |
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