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RFC 8146: Adding Support for Salted Password Databases to EAP-pwd

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EAP-pwd is an Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) method that utilizes a shared password for authentication using a technique that is resistant to dictionary attacks. It includes support for raw keys and double hashing of a password in the style of Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol version 2 (MSCHAPv2), but it does not include support for salted passwords. There are many existing databases of salted passwords, and it is desirable to allow their use with EAP-pwd.

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RFC8146
Published
April 2017
Authors
D. Harkins
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
IETF
Area
Pages
11
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