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CRYPT(3)	       FreeBSD Library Functions Manual		      CRYPT(3)

NAME
     crypt -- Trapdoor encryption

LIBRARY
     Crypt Library (libcrypt, -lcrypt)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <unistd.h>

     char *
     crypt(const char *key, const char *salt);

     char *
     crypt_r(const char	*key, const char *salt,	struct crypt_data *data);

     const char	*
     crypt_get_format(void);

     int
     crypt_set_format(const char *string);

DESCRIPTION
     The crypt() function performs password hashing with additional code added
     to	deter key search attempts.  Different algorithms can be	used to	in the
     hash.  Currently these include the	NBS Data Encryption Standard (DES),
     MD5 hash, NT-Hash (compatible with	Microsoft's NT scheme) and Blowfish.
     The algorithm used	will depend upon the format of the Salt	(following the
     Modular Crypt Format (MCF)), if DES and/or	Blowfish is installed or not,
     and whether crypt_set_format() has	been called to change the default.

     The first argument	to crypt is the	data to	hash (usually a	password), in
     a NUL-terminated string.  The second is the salt, in one of three forms:

	   Extended	If it begins with an underscore	("_") then the DES Ex-
			tended Format is used in interpreting both the key and
			the salt, as outlined below.
	   Modular	If it begins with the string "$digit$" then the	Modu-
			lar Crypt Format is used, as outlined below.
	   Traditional	If neither of the above	is true, it assumes the	Tradi-
			tional Format, using the entire	string as the salt (or
			the first portion).

     All routines are designed to be time-consuming.

   DES Extended	Format:
     The key is	divided	into groups of 8 characters (the last group is
     NUL-padded) and the low-order 7 bits of each character (56	bits per
     group) are	used to	form the DES key as follows: the first group of	56
     bits becomes the initial DES key.	For each additional group, the XOR of
     the encryption of the current DES key with	itself and the group bits be-
     comes the next DES	key.

     The salt is a 9-character array consisting	of an underscore followed by 4
     bytes of iteration	count and 4 bytes of salt.  These are encoded as
     printable characters, 6 bits per character, least significant character
     first.  The values	0 to 63	are encoded as "./0-9A-Za-z".  This allows 24
     bits for both count and salt.

     The salt introduces disorder in the DES algorithm in one of 16777216 or
     4096 possible ways	(i.e., with 24 or 12 bits: if bit i of the salt	is
     set, then bits i and i+24 are swapped in the DES E-box output).

     The DES key is used to encrypt a 64-bit constant using count iterations
     of	DES.  The value	returned is a NUL-terminated string, 20	or 13 bytes
     (plus NUL)	in length, consisting of the salt followed by the encoded
     64-bit encryption.

   Modular crypt:
     If	the salt begins	with the string	$digit$	then the Modular Crypt Format
     is	used.  The digit represents which algorithm is used in encryption.
     Following the token is the	actual salt to use in the encryption.  The
     maximum length of the salt	used depends upon the module.  The salt	must
     be	terminated with	the end	of the string character	(NUL) or a dollar
     sign.  Any	characters after the dollar sign are ignored.

     Currently supported algorithms are:

	   1.	MD5
	   2.	Blowfish
	   3.	NT-Hash
	   4.	(unused)
	   5.	SHA-256
	   6.	SHA-512

     Other crypt formats may be	easily added.  An example salt would be:

	   $4$thesalt$rest

   Traditional crypt:
     The algorithm used	will depend upon whether crypt_set_format() has	been
     called and	whether	a global default format	has been specified.  Unless a
     global default has	been specified or crypt_set_format() has set the for-
     mat to something else, the	built-in default format	is used.  This is cur-
     rently DES	if it is available, or SHA-512 if not.

     How the salt is used will depend upon the algorithm for the hash.	For
     best results, specify at least eight characters of	salt.

     The crypt_get_format() function returns a constant	string that represents
     the name of the algorithm currently used.	Valid values are `des',	`blf',
     `md5', `sha256', `sha512' and `nth'.

     The crypt_set_format() function sets the default encoding format accord-
     ing to the	supplied string.

     The crypt_r() function behaves identically	to crypt(), except that	the
     resulting string is stored	in data, making	it thread-safe.

RETURN VALUES
     The crypt() and crypt_r() functions return	a pointer to the encrypted
     value on success, and NULL	on failure.  Note: this	is not a standard be-
     haviour, AT&T crypt() will	always return a	pointer	to a string.

     The crypt_set_format() function will return 1 if the supplied encoding
     format was	valid.	Otherwise, a value of 0	is returned.

SEE ALSO
     login(1), passwd(1), getpass(3), passwd(5)

HISTORY
     A rotor-based crypt() function appeared in	Version	6 AT&T UNIX.  The cur-
     rent style	crypt()	first appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.

     The DES section of	the code (FreeSec 1.0) was developed outside the
     United States of America as an unencumbered replacement for the U.S.-only
     NetBSD libcrypt encryption	library.

     The crypt_r() function was	added in FreeBSD 12.0.

AUTHORS
     Originally	written	by David Burren	<davidb@werj.com.au>, later additions
     and changes by Poul-Henning Kamp, Mark R V	Murray,	Michael
     Bretterklieber, Kris Kennaway, Brian Feldman, Paul	Herman and Niels
     Provos.

BUGS
     The crypt() function returns a pointer to static data, and	subsequent
     calls to crypt() will modify the same data.  Likewise, crypt_set_format()
     modifies static data.

     The NT-hash scheme	does not use a salt, and is not	hard for a competent
     attacker to break.	 Its use is not	recommended.

FreeBSD	13.0			 May 26, 2019			  FreeBSD 13.0

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