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Testing password hashing using Argon2id cryptographic password hashing algorithm
// Storing cryptographic password hashes in database or memory
// and comparing with password.
package main
import (
"log"
"errors"
"strings"
"crypto/subtle"
"encoding/base64"
"fmt"
"golang.org/x/crypto/argon2"
crand "crypto/rand"
)
var (
ErrInvalidHash = errors.New("the encoded hash is not in the correct format")
ErrIncompatibleVersion = errors.New("incompatible version of argon2")
)
type params struct {
memory uint32
iterations uint32
parallelism uint8
saltLength uint32
keyLength uint32
}
func comparePasswordAndHash(password, encodedHash string) (match bool, err error) {
// Extract the parameters, salt and derived key from the encoded password
// hash.
p, salt, hash, err := decodeHash(encodedHash)
if err != nil {
return false, err
}
// Derive the key from the other password using the same parameters.
otherHash := argon2.IDKey([]byte(password), salt, p.iterations, p.memory, p.parallelism, p.keyLength)
// Check that the contents of the hashed passwords are identical. Note
// that we are using the subtle.ConstantTimeCompare() function for this
// to help prevent timing attacks.
if subtle.ConstantTimeCompare(hash, otherHash) == 1 {
return true, nil
}
return false, nil
}
func decodeHash(encodedHash string) (p *params, salt, hash []byte, err error) {
vals := strings.Split(encodedHash, "$")
if len(vals) != 6 {
return nil, nil, nil, ErrInvalidHash
}
var version int
_, err = fmt.Sscanf(vals[2], "v=%d", &version)
if err != nil {
return nil, nil, nil, err
}
if version != argon2.Version {
return nil, nil, nil, ErrIncompatibleVersion
}
p = &params{}
_, err = fmt.Sscanf(vals[3], "m=%d,t=%d,p=%d", &p.memory, &p.iterations, &p.parallelism)
if err != nil {
return nil, nil, nil, err
}
salt, err = base64.RawStdEncoding.Strict().DecodeString(vals[4])
if err != nil {
return nil, nil, nil, err
}
p.saltLength = uint32(len(salt))
hash, err = base64.RawStdEncoding.Strict().DecodeString(vals[5])
if err != nil {
return nil, nil, nil, err
}
p.keyLength = uint32(len(hash))
return p, salt, hash, nil
}
func generateRandomBytes(n uint32) ([]byte, error) {
b := make([]byte, n)
_, err := crand.Read(b)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
return b, nil
}
func generateFromPassword(password string, p *params) (string, error) {
salt, err := generateRandomBytes(p.saltLength)
if err != nil {
return "", err
}
hash := argon2.IDKey([]byte(password), salt, p.iterations, p.memory, p.parallelism, p.keyLength)
// Base64 encode the salt and hashed password.
b64Salt := base64.RawStdEncoding.EncodeToString(salt)
b64Hash := base64.RawStdEncoding.EncodeToString(hash)
// Return a string using the standard encoded hash representation.
encodedHash := fmt.Sprintf("$argon2id$v=%d$m=%d,t=%d,p=%d$%s$%s", argon2.Version, p.memory, p.iterations, p.parallelism, b64Salt, b64Hash)
return encodedHash, nil
}
func readPasswd() string {
fmt.Printf("Enter a password: ")
var pwd string
_, err := fmt.Scan(&pwd)
if err != nil {
log.Println(err)
}
return pwd
}
func main() {
passwd := readPasswd()
p := &params{
memory: 64 * 1024,
iterations: 3,
parallelism: 2,
saltLength: 16,
keyLength: 32,
}
encodedHash, err := generateFromPassword(passwd, p)
fmt.Printf("encoded hash => %s\n", encodedHash)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
passwd2 := readPasswd()
// Use a different password if you want...
match, err := comparePasswordAndHash(passwd2, encodedHash)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
fmt.Printf("Match: %v\n", match)
}
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