hpux man page for setkey_r

Query: setkey_r

OS: hpux

Section: 3c

Format: Original Unix Latex Style Formatted with HTML and a Horizontal Scroll Bar

crypt(3C)																 crypt(3C)

NAME
crypt - generate hashing encryption
SYNOPSIS
Obsolescent Interfaces
DESCRIPTION
crypt(): is the password encryption function. It is based on a one way hashing encryption algorithm with variations intended (among other things) to frustrate use of hardware implementations of a key search. key is a user's typed password. salt is a two-character string chosen from the set this string is used to perturb the hashing algorithm in one of 4096 different ways, after which the password is used as the key to encrypt repeatedly a constant string. The returned value points to the encrypted password. The first two characters are the salt itself. Obsolescent Interfaces generate hashing encryption.
WARNINGS
The return value for points to data whose content is overwritten by each call. and are obsolescent interfaces supported only for compatibility with existing DCE applications. New multithreaded applications should use
SEE ALSO
crypt(1), login(1), passwd(1), getpass(3C), passwd(4), thread_safety(5).
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
crypt(3C)
Related Man Pages
crypt(3) - bsd
crypt(3) - v7
crypt_r(3c) - hpux
encrypt_r(3c) - hpux
setkey_r(3c) - hpux
Similar Topics in the Unix Linux Community
Recover A password
File Encryption and Decryption in UNIX.
Password encryption
file hashing utility in unix
RSA encryption