--- ircd-hybrid/trunk/tools/README.mkpasswd 2012/10/27 21:02:32 1592 +++ ircd-hybrid/trunk/tools/README.mkpasswd 2014/02/27 19:58:24 3071 @@ -1,9 +1,10 @@ $Id$ -This is documentation for the mkpasswd.c included in ircd-hybrid-8. +This is documentation for the mkpasswd.c included in ircd-hybrid. -This version of mkpasswd can create both DES and MD5 passwords, with -either randomly generated or user provided salts. +This version of mkpasswd can create DES, Extended DES, BlowFish, MD5, +SHA-256 and SHA-512 passwords, with either randomly generated or user +provided salts. Options: -6 - Create a SHA-512 password @@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ The maximum length of an MD5 salt is lim implementation, typically 8. Supported Platforms (Known and tested): -Linux glibc (SHA since glibc 2.7, DES and MD5) +Linux glibc (SHA-256/SHA-512 since glibc 2.7, DES and MD5) FreeBSD 3.x (DES (MD5 maybe)) FreeBSD 4.x (DES and MD5) Solaris 2.5-2.6 (DES only)