Re: SHA-2 and other hashes

[Michael Ströder <michael@stroeder.com>]

On 6/3/19 4:13 PM, Norman Gray wrote:
> If I'm correctly reading crypt/sha256-crypt.c in
> <https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc/>, then the default number of rounds is
> 5000 and, as you say, the number of rounds can be indicated in a
> param=value clause in the passwd string (as gestured towards in
> <https://github.com/P-H-C/phc-string-format/blob/master/phc-sf-spec.md>).

On my system the default of 5000 rounds for sha512crypt ($6$)
is documented in crypt(5).

Ciao, Michael.

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