net.spatula.utils
Class freeBSDcrypt

java.lang.Object
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public class freeBSDcrypt

extends java.lang.Object

Class containing static methods for encrypting passwords in FreeBSD md5 style.

Method Summary

static java.lang.String

crypt(java.lang.String password, java.lang.String salt) Encrypts a password using FreeBSD-style md5-based encryption

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

crypt

public static java.lang.String crypt(java.lang.String password,
                                     java.lang.String salt)
                              throws java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException

Encrypts a password using FreeBSD-style md5-based encryption

Parameters:

password - The cleartext password to be encrypted

salt - The salt used to add some entropy to the encryption

Returns:

The encrypted password, or an empty string on error

Throws:

java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException - if java.security does not support MD5