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	docs: Document password hashing change from PBKDF2 to Argon2.
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### Passwords
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Zulip stores user passwords using the standard PBKDF2 algorithm.
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Zulip stores user passwords using the standard Argon2 and PBKDF2
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algorithms.  Argon2 is used for all new and changed passwords as of
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Zulip Server 1.6.0, but legacy PBKDF2 passwords that were last changed
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before the 1.6.0 upgrade are still supported.
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When the user is choosing a password, Zulip checks the password's
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strength using the popular [zxcvbn][zxcvbn] library.  Weak passwords
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