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Example of using crypto.pbkdf2 to hash and verify passwords asynchronously using bluebird promise, while storing the hash and salt in a single combined buffer along with the original hash settings
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| var Promise = require('bluebird'); | |
| var crypto = Promise.promisifyAll(require("crypto")); | |
| // http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/110084/parameters-for-pbkdf2-for-password-hashing | |
| var config = { | |
| hashBytes : 64, // size of the generated hash (to be chosen accordint the the chosen algo) | |
| saltBytes : 16, // sise of the salt : larger salt means hashed passwords are more resistant to rainbow table | |
| iterations : 500000, // tune so that hashing the password takes about 1 second | |
| algo :'sha512', | |
| encoding : 'base64' // hex is readable but base64 is shorter |