I thought this looked interesting until I read the page :-
"A memory cost, which defines the memory usage, given in kibibytes "
Kibibytes? Really?
Can't read any more. I'll find something else.
"A memory cost, which defines the memory usage, given in kibibytes "
Kibibytes? Really?
Can't read any more. I'll find something else.
The evaluation of which password-hashing function to use probably should not be based on the simplicity of language used in their description.
Even if you disagree on how proper it is, that seems like an extremely small and unimportant qualm.
Use of 'kibibytes' and 'KiB' reflects a fundamentally wrongheaded view of the world, either unserious or too-serious, which shouldn't be taken seriously.
When doing science, is it inappropriate to distinguish between the numbers 1000 and 1024?
Of course not! In computers, 'kilo-' means 1,024; everywhere else it means 1,000. This is a simple rule; network-device and hard-drive manufacturers are just wrong when they violate it.