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Argon2 Command: Calculate Hash With Params

An engineer would use this Argon2 command in a secure password storage system to hash a user's password with specific parameters (5 iterations, a memory cost of 2^20 kibibytes, and 7 parallel threads) in order to enhance security against brute-force attacks. Exact CLI syntax to calculate hash with params using Argon2.

When to use this: An engineer would use this Argon2 command in a secure password storage system to hash a user's password with specific parameters (5 iterations, a memory cost of 2^20 kibibytes, and 7 parallel threads) in order to enhance security against brute-force attacks.

Command Syntax

echo "<password>" | argon2 "<salt_text>" -t <5> -m <20> -p <7>

Command Breakdown

-t
Command Option
Tool-specific option used by this command invocation.
-m
Command Option
Tool-specific option used by this command invocation.
-p
Command Option
Tool-specific option used by this command invocation.

FAQ

Purpose: Exact syntax to calculate hash with params using Argon2.

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