md5crypt -
MD5-based password encryption
package require Tcl 8.2
package require md5 2.0
package require md5crypt ? 1.0.0 ?
::md5crypt::md5crypt password salt
::md5crypt::aprcrypt password salt
This package provides an implementation of the MD5-crypt password
encryption algorithm as pioneered by FreeBSD and currently in use as a
replacement for the unix crypt(3) function in many modern
systems. An implementation of the closely related Apache MD5-crypt is
also available.
The output of these commands are compatible with the BSD and OpenSSL
implementation of md5crypt and the Apache 2 htpasswd program.
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::md5crypt::md5crypt password salt
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Generate a BSD compatible md5-encoded password hash from the plaintext
password and a random salt (see SALT).
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::md5crypt::aprcrypt password salt
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Generate an Apache compatible md5-encoded password hash from the plaintext
password and a random salt (see SALT).
The salt passed to either of the encryption schemes implemented here
is checked to see if it begins with the encryption scheme magic string
(either "$1$" for MD5-crypt or "$apr1$" for Apache crypt). If so, this
is removed. The remaining characters up to the next $ and up to a
maximum of 8 characters are then used as the salt. The salt text
should probably be restricted the set of ASCII alphanumeric characters
plus "./" (dot and forward-slash) - this is to preserve maximum
compatability with the unix password file format.
% md5crypt::md5crypt password 01234567
$1$01234567$b5lh2mHyD2PdJjFfALlEz1
% md5crypt::aprcrypt password 01234567
$apr1$01234567$IXBaQywhAhc0d75ZbaSDp/
This document, and the package it describes, will undoubtedly contain
bugs and other problems.
Please report such in the category
md5crypt of the
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=12883.
Please also report any ideas for enhancements you may have for either
package and/or documentation.
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