crypt_sha256(5) [opensolaris man page]

crypt_sha256(5) 					Standards, Environments, and Macros					   crypt_sha256(5)

NAME

       crypt_sha256 - password hashing module using SHA-256 message hash algorithm

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/lib/security/$ISA/crypt_sha256.so

DESCRIPTION

       The crypt_sha256 module is a one-way password hashing module for use with crypt(3C) that uses the SHA-256 message hash algorithm. The algo-
       rithm identifier for crypt.conf(4) and policy.conf(4) is 5.

       This module is designed to make it difficult to crack passwords that use brute force attacks based on high  speed  SHA-256  implementations
       that use code inlining, unrolled loops, and table lookup.

       The maximum password length for crypt_sha256 is 255 characters.

       The following options can be passed to the module by means of crypt.conf(4):

       rounds=<positive_number>

	   Specifies  the number of rounds of SHA-256 to use in generation of the salt; the default number of rounds is 5000. Negative values have
	   no effect and are ignored. The minimum number of rounds cannot be below 1000.

	   The number of additional rounds is stored in the salt string returned by crypt_gensalt(3C). For example:

	     $5,rounds=6000$nlxmTTpz$

	   When crypt_gensalt(3C) is being used to generate a new salt, if the number of additional rounds configured in crypt.conf(4) is  greater
	   than  that  in the old salt, the value from crypt.conf(4) is used instead. This allows for migration to stronger (but more time-consum-
	   ing) salts on password change.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Committed 		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |Safe			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       passwd(1), crypt(3C), crypt_genhash_impl(3C), crypt_gensalt(3C), crypt_gensalt_impl(3C), getpassphrase(3C), crypt.conf(4), passwd(4),  pol-
       icy.conf(4), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.11							    8 May 2008							   crypt_sha256(5)

crypt_sha512(5) 					Standards, Environments, and Macros					   crypt_sha512(5)

NAME

       crypt_sha512 - password hashing module using SHA-512 message hash algorithm

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/lib/security/$ISA/crypt_sha512.so

DESCRIPTION

       The crypt_sha512 module is a one-way password hashing module for use with crypt(3C) that uses the SHA-512 message hash algorithm. The algo-
       rithm identifier for crypt.conf(4) and policy.conf(4) is 6.

       This module is designed to make it difficult to crack passwords that use brute force attacks based on high  speed  SHA-512  implementations
       that use code inlining, unrolled loops, and table lookup.

       The maximum password length for crypt_sha512 is 255 characters.

       The following options can be passed to the module by means of crypt.conf(4):

       rounds=<positive_number>

	   Specifies  the number of rounds of SHA-512 to use in generation of the salt; the default number of rounds is 5000. Negative values have
	   no effect and are ignored. The minimum number of rounds cannot be below 1000.

	   The number of additional rounds is stored in the salt string returned by crypt_gensalt(3C). For example:

	     $6,rounds=6000$nlxmTTpz$

	   When crypt_gensalt(3C) is being used to generate a new salt, if the number of additional rounds configured in crypt.conf(4) is  greater
	   than  that  in the old salt, the value from crypt.conf(4) is used instead. This allows for migration to stronger (but more time-consum-
	   ing) salts on password change.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Committed 		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |Safe			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       passwd(1), crypt(3C), crypt_genhash_impl(3C), crypt_gensalt(3C), crypt_gensalt_impl(3C), getpassphrase(3C), crypt.conf(4), passwd(4),  pol-
       icy.conf(4), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.11							    8 May 2008							   crypt_sha512(5)