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Date:      Sat, 23 Sep 2023 11:06:17 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        doc@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 274044] FreeBSD Handbook: crypt(3) algorithms: Handbook consistency with the manual page
Message-ID:  <bug-274044-9@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>

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            Bug ID: 274044
           Summary: FreeBSD Handbook: crypt(3) algorithms: Handbook
                    consistency with the manual page
           Product: Documentation
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
               URL: https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Dcrypt&sektio
                    n=3D3&manpath=3Dfreebsd-release
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Keywords: needs-patch
          Severity: Affects Some People
          Priority: ---
         Component: Books & Articles
          Assignee: doc@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: grahamperrin@gmail.com

<https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/book/#security-passwords>;

<https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-doc/blob/main/documentation/content/en/=
books/handbook/security/_index.adoc#23-password-hashes>:=20

> =E2=80=A6 FreeBSD supports the DES, MD5, SHA256, SHA512, and Blowfish has=
h algorithms=20
> in its crypt() library. =E2=80=A6


<https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/book/#_password_formats>;

<https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-doc/blob/main/documentation/content/en/=
books/handbook/network-servers/_index.adoc#49-password-formats>:

> =E2=80=A6 DES format for password hashing. Other possible values include=
=20
> blf for Blowfish, md5 for MD5, sha256 and sha512 for SHA-256 and=20
> SHA-512 respectively. For more information and the up to date list of=20
> what is available on your system, consult the man:crypt[3] manpage. =E2=
=80=A6


<https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Dcrypt&sektion=3D3&manpath=3Dfr=
eebsd-release#DESCRIPTION>
describes a supported algorithm that is not mentioned in the Handbook:=20

    NT-Hash

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