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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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Passwords encrypted with the MD5 hash are longer than those Passwords encrypted with the MD5 hash are longer than those
encrypted with the DES hash and also begin with the characters encrypted with the DES hash and also begin with the characters
<literal>&dollar;1&dollar;</literal>. Passwords starting with <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 Blowfish hash function. DES password strings do not
have any particular identifying characteristics, but they are have any particular identifying characteristics, but they are
shorter than MD5 passwords, and are coded in a 64-character shorter than MD5 passwords, and are coded in a 64-character