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From: "Roberto CORRADO" <i@secure.corradoroberto.it>
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Subject: Re: INN2, unofficial rewrite ckpasswd in PHP to bad experiment compatible with htpasswd bcrypt or sqlite db authentication method.
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"Julien =C3=89LIE" wrote:


> FWIW, ckpasswd understands other kinds of passwords than htpasswd =
ones.=20
> See:
>  https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/inn/docs/ckpasswd.html
>=20
> where an example of password can be generated with for instance:
>=20
>  % openssl passwd -5 pass
>     $5$UIhtJSBOaC0Ap3Vk$nbKgmykshoQ2HmvA3s/nI.X4uhhNHBKTYhBS3pYLjJ6


Hi Julien,
effectively this is better than bcrypt. I apologize, I didn't know, but =
the PHP code remains a valid hook for a SQLite database without a flat =
file.
I never stop learning something new every day.

Thank you!

--=20
Roberto