Two issues: 1) Why would you expect it to be faster? It's pure JS using asm.js (which Node doesn't support), vs bcrypt is compiled C code. And 2) Being slow is a feature of bcrypt - it makes brute force cracking harder.
On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 10:54 AM, Adrian Lynch < [email protected]> wrote: > I'm seeing bcryptjs beat twin every time with the following code: > > var bcryptJS = require('bcryptjs'); > var twinBcrypt = require('twin-bcrypt'); > > var password = "password"; > var rounds = 12; > var hash, start, end; > > // twin-bcrypt > start = new Date(); > hash = twinBcrypt.hashSync(password, twinBcrypt.genSalt(rounds)); > end = new Date(); > console.log("Took \t" + (end - start) + "ms\t to hash '" + password + "' > into '" + hash + "'"); > > // bcryptjs > start = new Date(); > hash = bcryptJS.hashSync(password, bcryptJS.genSaltSync(rounds)); > end = new Date(); > console.log("Took \t" + (end - start) + "ms\t to hash '" + password + "' > into '" + hash + "'"); > > On my Mac, BJS comes in at ~950ms and twim, ~1700ms. > > From the description of twin-bcrypt, I'd expect it to be quicker. > > Does my test code look OK? Am I mis-using the libs? > > Thanks. > > Adrian > > -- > Job board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > New group rules: > https://gist.github.com/othiym23/9886289#file-moderation-policy-md > Old group rules: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "nodejs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nodejs/CAH368SSHMxGhSWepY5bOETSdkW8uY76b%3D8FFm6Tk6yt2aKWVRQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nodejs/CAH368SSHMxGhSWepY5bOETSdkW8uY76b%3D8FFm6Tk6yt2aKWVRQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Job board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ New group rules: https://gist.github.com/othiym23/9886289#file-moderation-policy-md Old group rules: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nodejs/CAPJ5V2ZnpqBYb%3DgNU2pCeo1BnBiG2r5kx6sBVbb5kRZw3FSF0A%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
