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Broken password hashing algorithm #282

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niwla23 opened this issue Sep 1, 2021 · 1 comment
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Broken password hashing algorithm #282

niwla23 opened this issue Sep 1, 2021 · 1 comment

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niwla23 commented Sep 1, 2021

According to the example in the README, passwords are encrypted using md5:

Tip: you can use atmoz/makepasswd to generate encrypted passwords:
echo -n "your-password" | docker run -i --rm atmoz/makepasswd --crypt-md5 --clearfrom=-

MD5 is considered broken since multiple years.
The example generation command seems to be generating an md5 hashed password (--crypt-md5).

Is this the only available hashing algorithm or are others available? If so, I am wondering how you specify it and would suggest using a non-borken algorithm in the README example.
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atmoz commented Oct 4, 2021

Thanks for noticing. I've found a better way to generate password hashes for linux, recommended by Red Hat:

python -c "import crypt; print(crypt.crypt('YOUR_PASSWORD'))"

This will by default use the strongest algorithm available.

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