[PATCH v2 1/3] crypt.3: encryption is not done with SHA-xxx, but with a function based on SHA-xxx
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From: Konstantin Shemyak <hidden>
Date: 2017-09-04 18:53:51
Subsystem:
the rest · Maintainer:
Linus Torvalds
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- 2017-09-05 · Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] crypt.3: encryption is not done with SHA-xxx, but with a function based on SHA-xxx · Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <hidden>
The encryption is done by glibc functions __shaxxx_crypt_r() in files crypt/shaxxx-crypt.c. They implement a nontrivial algorithm to construct the inputs for the hashing functions and to apply them iteratively. Signed-off-by: Konstantin Shemyak <redacted> --- man3/crypt.3 | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man3/crypt.3 b/man3/crypt.3
index 9edd63a..749a636 100644
--- a/man3/crypt.3
+++ b/man3/crypt.3@@ -227,9 +227,9 @@ _ .TE .RE .PP -So $5$\fIsalt\fP$\fIencrypted\fP is an SHA-256 encoded -password and $6$\fIsalt\fP$\fIencrypted\fP is an -SHA-512 encoded one. +So $5$\fIsalt\fP$\fIencrypted\fP and $6$\fIsalt\fP$\fIencrypted\fP +contain the password encrypted correspondingly with a function +based on SHA-256 and SHA-512. .PP "\fIsalt\fP" stands for the up to 16 characters following "$\fIid\fP$" in the salt.
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