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Blowfish encrypted passwords start with $2a$, not $2$

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PR:		docs/67624
Submitted by:	Brett Schroeder <brett@brettschroeder.name>
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Christian Brueffer 2004-06-09 14:13:35 +00:00
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@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@
Passwords encrypted with the MD5 hash are longer than those
encrypted with the DES hash and also begin with the characters
<literal>&dollar;1&dollar;</literal>. Passwords starting with
<literal>&dollar;2&dollar;</literal> are encrypted with the
<literal>&dollar;2a&dollar;</literal> are encrypted with the
Blowfish hash function. DES password strings do not
have any particular identifying characteristics, but they are
shorter than MD5 passwords, and are coded in a 64-character