Yescrypt

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yescrypt is a cryptographic key derivation function function used for password hashing on Fedora Linux, [1] Debian, [2] Ubuntu, [3] and Arch Linux. [4] The function is more resistant to offline password-cracking attacks than SHA-512. [5] It is based on Scrypt. [5]

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  1. "Changes/yescrypt as default hashing method for shadow" . Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  2. "Chapter 5. Issues to be aware of for bullseye" . Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  3. "yescript replaces sha512 for password hashing" . Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  4. "Arch Linux - Changes to default password hashing algorithm and umask settings" . Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  5. 1 2 "yescrypt" . Retrieved 2023-10-10.