PBKDF2+HMAC hash collisions explained · Mathias BynensCrypto enthousiast Christian ‘CodesInChaos’ Winnerlein recently tweeted: plnlrtfpijpuhqylxbgqiiyipieyxvfsavzgxbbcfusqkozwpngsyejqlmjsytrmd and eBkXQTfuBqp'cTcar&g* have the same PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA1 hash. This intrigued me, so I decided to find out what is going on exactly, and why this happens. If you’re curious too, keep reading. To confirm these findings, I wrote a Node.js script: #!/usr/bin/env no
