IT lexicon Security Argon2

Argon2

Security På svenska → Updated: 2026-05-23

Modern password hashing algorithm — winner of the Password Hashing Competition 2015 and OWASP-recommended.

Memory-hard: requires lots of RAM, which makes GPU/ASIC attacks expensive. Three variants: Argon2i (side-channel safe), Argon2d (GPU-resistant), Argon2id (recommended hybrid).

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