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3   This is documentation for the mkpasswd.c included in ircd-hybrid.
4  
5 < This version of mkpasswd can create DES, Extended DES, BlowFish, MD5,
6 < SHA-256 and SHA-512 passwords, with either randomly generated or user
7 < provided salts.
5 > This version of mkpasswd can create Blowfish, SHA-256 and SHA-512
6 > passwords, with either randomly generated or user provided salts.
7  
8   Options:
10 -6 - Create a SHA-512 password
9   -5 - Create a SHA-256 password
10 < -m - Create an MD5 password
11 < -b - Create a BlowFish password
12 < -d - Create a DES password
13 < -e - Create an Extended DES password
14 < -l - Specify the length of a random MD5 salt
17 < -r - Specify a number of rounds for a BlowFish or Extended DES password
10 > -6 - Create a SHA-512 password
11 > -b - Create a Blowfish password
12 > -R - Specify a raw salt passed directly to crypt()
13 > -l - Specify the length of a random SHA-256/SHA-512 or Blowfish salt
14 > -r - Specify a number of rounds for a Blowfish password
15   -p - Specify the plaintext password at the command line
16   -s - Specify the salt at the command line
20 -R - Specify a raw salt passed directly to crypt()
17   -h - Get help
18  
23 If no parameter is given, it will create an MD5 password with a randomly
24 generated salt and prompting for the password (without echo).
25
26 A DES salt is a pair of alphanumeric characters ('.' and '/' are permitted
27 as well), such as 'a4' or 'Td'.
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29 An MD5 salt consists of up to 16 (though most implementations limit you to
30 8) alphanumeric characters (plus '.' and '/'),
31 such as 'tGd' or 'J6d4dfG'.
32
19   Known bugs:
34 Blowfish (on OpenBSD) is not yet supported
20   The encryption algorithms supported depend on your system's crypt()
21 <  implementation.
37 < The maximum length of an MD5 salt is limited to your system's crypt()
38 <  implementation, typically 8.
21 > implementation.
22  
23   Supported Platforms (Known and tested):
24 < Linux glibc (SHA-256/SHA-512 since glibc 2.7, DES and MD5)
25 < FreeBSD 3.x (DES (MD5 maybe))
26 < FreeBSD 4.x (DES and MD5)
44 < Solaris 2.5-2.6 (DES only)
45 < Cygwin 1.1.4 (DES only)
46 < Prior Cygwin with the MD5 libcrypt (MD5 only)
47 < OpenBSD 2.7 (don't link with -lcrypt) (DES and MD5, no Blowfish support)
48 < Mac OS-X (Darwin) (don't link with -lcrypt) (DES only)
24 > Linux glibc 2.7+ (SHA-256/SHA-512)
25 > FreeBSD 10.2 (SHA-256/SHA-512, Blowfish)
26 > OpenBSD 5.8 (Blowfish)
27  
28   Other systems probably work, but they haven't been amply tested.

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