.NET implementation of scrypt

c# .net cryptography hash scrypt
Martin Buberl picture Martin Buberl · Jan 30, 2011 · Viewed 17.2k times · Source

I've read about scrypt and some of its advantages over the bcrypt hashing algorithm in certain circumstances.

Anyhow, it seems scrypt isn't as widely used yet. Has anyone seen so far a .NET implementation of it (favored in C#)?

Answer

Martin Buberl picture Martin Buberl · Mar 11, 2011

Finally I found an implementation of scrypt in C# in the CryptSharp library.
The library is open source and uses the ISC license.

Version History

1.2.0 January 23, 2011:
The SCrypt KDF is now supported as CryptSharp.Utility.SCrypt.
Added djb's Salsa20, required by SCrypt.

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