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Passworthashin is a fictional password-hashing scheme used in speculative fiction, cybersecurity training simulations, and teaching materials to illustrate contemporary password security concepts. It is not a real standard, but is designed to resemble legitimate practices in modern cryptography, including the use of salts, memory-hard functions, and adjustable work factors.
Origin and purpose: In the fictional setting, Passworthashin was introduced by the Center for Secure Computing
Design: The scheme uses a unique per-user salt, a server-held pepper, and a memory-hard function similar to
Security and evaluation: In-fiction analyses claim robust resistance to precomputation and parallel guessing when parameters are
Variants and influence: Variants such as Passworthashin-Prime or Passworthashin-Iterate appear in teaching scenarios, illustrating different cost
See also: Password hashing, Salt (cryptography), Pepper (cryptography), Memory-hard function.