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Consider using Argon2 or scrypt instead of pbkdf2 #6016

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Followup on @dol comment on the keystore orignal PR


Consider replacing pbkdf2 with a never key derivation function like scrypt or even Argon2. Argon2 was very recently merged into golang.org/x/crypto/ .
Some resources about the topic:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/top-password-hashing-schemes-employ-today-chintan-jain-mba-cissp
https://download.libsodium.org/doc/password_hashing/
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/39499
https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/issues/119

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