README.md

Balloon Key Derivation Function (BKDF)

This is the working area for the "Balloon Key Derivation Function (BKDF)" Internet-Draft, which specifies a new memory-hard password hashing and password-based key derivation function derived from Balloon.

• Editor's Copy
• Datatracker Page
• Individual Draft
• Compare Editor's Copy to Individual Draft

Known Implementations

Important

These implementations may not match the current version of the Internet-Draft as it is a work in progress.

Language	Name
C#	samuel-lucas6/Balloon.NET
Rust	RustCrypto/balloon-hash
Python	nachonavarro/balloon-hashing
Go	unkaktus/balloon
Dart	elliotwutingfeng/balloon_hashing
Julia	elliotwutingfeng/BalloonHashing.jl
Kotlin	elliotwutingfeng/balloon-hashing-kotlin
Ruby	elliotwutingfeng/balloon-hashing

Contributing

See the guidelines for contributions.

Contributions can be made by creating pull requests. The GitHub interface supports creating pull requests using the Edit (✏) button.

Command Line Usage

Formatted text and HTML versions of the draft can be built using make.

$ make

Command line usage requires that you have the necessary software installed. See the instructions.