Re: [PATCH] Cryptography

[Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko <phcoder@gmail.com>]

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Felix Zielcke wrote:
> Am Montag, den 16.11.2009, 14:48 +0100 schrieb Vladimir 'phcoder'
> Serbinenko:
>   
>> 3) PBKDF2-SHA512 password support to increase security. To generate
>> the
>> encrypted password do:
>> grub-pbkdf2 [-c iteration_count]
>> It may not work on non-unix platforms due to terminal control
>> functions
>> (disabling echo) and /dev/random (retrieving salt). Patches are
>> welcome
>> PBKDF2 is imported from gnulib 
>>     
>
> I suggest to name it grub-mkpasswd.
> Even in the case we only support one password hash this makes it easier
> for users to find then grub-pbkdf2 and to figure out what it does.
>
>   
I plan to add scrypt into grub-extras (partially done) and it will
require a separate tool to generate encrypted password (grub-scrypt)


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Regards
Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko



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