argon2.verify directly a hash byte Buffer instead of a MCF string hash about node-argon2 HOT 4 CLOSED

@ibudisteanu should you need to verify raw hashes, just hash the plain text with the same parameters and raw: true and compare the buffers.

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I am working on that issue, and will publish a new release soon.

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@ranisalt Actually the function to verify/validate a hash is to rehash again the initial data in order to check their equality

My question is why: argon2 needs all the parameters/options including memory size used? I see that when you change the used memory size, the hash for the same initial data changes a lot.

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The raw hash doesn't contain parameter data, thus you need to supply it to the verify function. On the other hand, the encoded hash does contain parameters and they are parsed prior to verify.

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