Argon2

As explained in Rust Servers, Services, and Apps

argon2 is a password-hashing library implementing the Argon2 key-derivation algorithm.

sqlx = {version = "0.3.5", default_features = false, features =
["postgres","runtime-tokio", "macros"]}
rust-argon2 = "0.8.3"
awc = "2.0.3"

How Rust Servers, Services, and Apps covers it

How deep it goes

Describes its storage role but gives no hashing API, configuration, or algorithm internals.

Examples

Uses tutor registration credentials stored with tutor IDs and usernames in Postgres.

What it assumes

Assumes familiarity with Postgres and Actix, with earlier material available as a refresher.

What you can do after

Apply it via rust-argon2 to store password hashes instead of cleartext credentials.

How it connects

Connects password hashing to user registration, credential storage, and Postgres.

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  Real-World CryptographyArgon2 is a memory-hard password-hashing algorithm designed to make password-guessing attacks costly in time and memory.

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Related concepts

• password hashingkind of · Password hashing is the use of a one-way, deliberately costly function to derive values for securely storing and verifying passwords without retaining the original passwords.

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