On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 4:38 PM, <b...@qqmail.nl> wrote:

> Doesn’t this simple patch break all existing hashes for the existing type?
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 No, only those exceeding an absurd number of iterations. 31 iterations
takes over a day of CPU at 3Ghz.



Perhaps this breakage is safe for 2.0, but perhaps it is better to just
> introduce a new less expensive hash format, while still allowing
> verifications against the old format.
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> For some of the hash usacases the fact that the code is very expensive is
> an advantage. (Expensive to crack)
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> Bert
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> *From: *n...@apache.org
> *Sent: *maandag 5 december 2016 21:57
> *To: *comm...@apr.apache.org
> *Subject: *svn commit: r1772803 - in /apr/apr/trunk:
> CHANGEScrypto/crypt_blowfish.c
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> Author: niq
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> Date: Mon Dec  5 20:56:59 2016
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> New Revision: 1772803
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> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1772803&view=rev
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> Log:
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> apr_crypt: avoid excessive iteration in bcrypt hash.
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> Patch by Hanno Böck
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> Modified:
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>     apr/apr/trunk/CHANGES
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>     apr/apr/trunk/crypto/crypt_blowfish.c
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> Modified: apr/apr/trunk/CHANGES
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> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/apr/apr/trunk/CHANGES?rev=
> 1772803&r1=1772802&r2=1772803&view=diff
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> ============================================================
> ==================
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> --- apr/apr/trunk/CHANGES [utf-8] (original)
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> +++ apr/apr/trunk/CHANGES [utf-8] Mon Dec  5 20:56:59 2016
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> @@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
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>                                                       -*- coding: utf-8
> -*-
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> Changes for APR 2.0.0
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> +  *) apr_crypto: avoid excessive iteration in bcrypt hash.
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> +     [Hanno Böck <hanno hboeck.de>]
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> +
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>    *) apr_siphash: Implement keyed hash function SipHash.  [Yann Ylavic]
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>    *) apr_atomic: change the API of apr_atomic_casptr()
> apr_atomic_xchgptr()
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> Modified: apr/apr/trunk/crypto/crypt_blowfish.c
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> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/apr/apr/trunk/crypto/crypt_
> blowfish.c?rev=1772803&r1=1772802&r2=1772803&view=diff
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> ============================================================
> ==================
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> --- apr/apr/trunk/crypto/crypt_blowfish.c (original)
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> +++ apr/apr/trunk/crypto/crypt_blowfish.c Mon Dec  5 20:56:59 2016
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> @@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ char *_crypt_gensalt_blowfish_rn(const c
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>           const char *input, int size, char *output, int output_size)
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> {
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>           if (size < 16 || output_size < 7 + 22 + 1 ||
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> -              (count && (count < 4 || count > 31)) ||
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> +             (count && (count < 4 || count > 17)) ||
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>               prefix[0] != '$' || prefix[1] != '2' ||
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>               (prefix[2] != 'a' && prefix[2] != 'y')) {
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>                      if (output_size > 0) output[0] = '\0';
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