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by brobinson 1656 days ago
Which mode do you/would you use? Hybrid?

I haven't had to write any password storage code since before Argon2 won the 2015 competition so I haven't gone deep on the "side channel attack vs. memory hardness" tradeoff question when picking the mode. I am curious which mode others are using.

2 comments

Hybrid (Argon2id) is probably the safest bet if you are unsure.

The specific modes are useful dependent on the threat model you are protecting against. Argon2i protects better against timing/side-channel attacks and Argon2d protects better against brute-forcing attacks.

In my opinion, a developer should (in most cases) focus on application security instead of picking the perfect hashing algorithm, as application security is far more crucial.

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