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Halite v2.0.0 Release Notes

Release Date: 2016-04-04 // about 8 years ago
    • Halite now requires:
      • PHP 7.0+
      • libsodium 1.0.9+
      • libsodium-php 1.0.3+
      • (You can use Halite::isLibsodiumSetupCorrectly() to verify the latter two)
    • Strictly typed everywhere
    • 🔧 You can no longer pass a well-configured but generic Key object to most methods; you must pass the appropriate child class (i.e. Symmetric\Crypto::encrypt() expects an instance of Symmetric\Crypto\EncryptionKey.
    • ⚡️ Updated password hashing and key derivation to use Argon2i
    • File now uses a keyed BLAKE2b hash instead of HMAC-SHA256.
    • Key->get() was renamed to Key->getRawKeyMaterial()
    • Password now has a needsRehash() method which will return true if you're using an obsolete encryption and/or hashing method.
    • Util now has several new methods for generating BLAKE2b hashes:
      • hash()
      • keyed_hash()
      • raw_hash()
      • raw_keyed_hash()
    • ✂ Removed most of the interfaces in Contract