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crypt(n)                                                              crypt(n)



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NAME

       crypt - Password hashing based on "crypt"


SYNOPSIS

       package require Tcl  ?8.2?

       package require Trf  ?2.1.4?

       crypt password salt

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DESCRIPTION

       The  command  crypt  is  an  interface to the crypt(3) function for the
       encryption of passwords. An alternative command for the same, but based
       on md5 is md5crypt.


       crypt password salt
              Encrypts  the  password using the specified salt and returns the
              generated hash value as the result of the command.



SEE ALSO

       md5crypt(n), trf-intro(n)


KEYWORDS

       authentication, crypt, hash, hashing, mac, md5, message  digest,  pass-
       word


COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 1996-2003, Andreas Kupries <andreas_kupries@users.sourceforge.net>




Trf transformer commands             2.1.4                            crypt(n)

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