Traits which describe the functionality of password hashing algorithms.

This crate contains traits for using password hashing algorithms to create and verify password hash strings of the sort used by the crypt(3) API, which typically begin with ${ident}$....

It provides first-class support for the Password Hashing Competition (PHC) string format specification via the phc crate and can also be used with the Modular Crypt Format (MCF)) via the mcf crate.

See RustCrypto/password-hashes for algorithm implementations which use this crate for interoperability:

• argon2: Argon2 memory hard key derivation function
• balloon-hash: PBKDF with proven memory-hard password-hashing and modern design
• pbkdf2: Password-Based Key Derivation Function V2
• scrypt: scrypt key derivation function
• sha-crypt: SHA-crypt legacy password hashing algorithm for crypt(3)
• yescrypt: yescrypt key derivation (improved version of scrypt)

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