From 3c15f5cd491ee75b3819f34a2c071f6870cd17b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thien-Thi Nguyen Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2020 23:35:13 -0500 Subject: mark up ‘server_salt’ MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- anastasis.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/anastasis.rst b/anastasis.rst index dd9251dd..de286f00 100644 --- a/anastasis.rst +++ b/anastasis.rst @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ information as the **identifier**. This identifier will be first hashed with Argon2, to provide a **kdf_id** which will be used to derive other keys later. The Hash must also include the respective **server_salt**. This also ensures that the **kdf_id** is different -on each server. The use of Argon2 and the respective server_salt is intended +on each server. The use of Argon2 and the respective **server_salt** is intended to make it difficult to brute-force **kdf_id** values and help protect user's privacy. Also this ensures that the kdf_ids on every server differs. However, we do not assume that the **identifier** or the **kdf_id** cannot be -- cgit v1.2.3