Password generator with Javascript
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] Linux can use salted passwords where the username, hashing method and hashed password are stored in a password file [More details]. The main methods are:- Bcrypt. This is a secure method but can be slow. The default prefix is \$2y\$ or \$2a\$
- md5 (APR). MD5 with salt. The default prefix is \$apr1\$.
- crypt(). This used to be the default method, but is seen to be insecure (and limited to eight characters in password. There is no default prefix.
- salted sha-1. This is a salted password using SHA-1 used to be the default method, but is seen to be insecure (and limited to eight characters in password. The default prefix is {SSHA}.
Username/password | Hashing method | htpassword |
Put a username then a space and a password. Password length
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Select a hashing method: MD5 (APR)crypt() salted SHA-1 SHA-1 Plain (Nginx) Plain (Apache) bcrypt Cost |
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You should find that you can keep generating passwords with the salted version, and a new one will be generated.
Note: Code is based on the http://aspirine.org/ library.