public class BCrypt extends Object
This password hashing system tries to thwart off-line password cracking using a computationally-intensive hashing algorithm, based on Bruce Schneier's Blowfish cipher. The work factor of the algorithm is parameterised, so it can be increased as computers get faster.
Usage is really simple. To hash a password for the first time, call the hashpw method with a random salt, like this:
String pw_hash = BCrypt.hashpw(plain_password, BCrypt.gensalt());
To check whether a plaintext password matches one that has been hashed previously, use the checkpw method:
if (BCrypt.checkpw(candidate_password, stored_hash))
System.out.println("It matches");
else
System.out.println("It does not match");
The gensalt() method takes an optional parameter (log_rounds) that determines the computational complexity of the hashing:
String strong_salt = BCrypt.gensalt(10)
String stronger_salt = BCrypt.gensalt(12)
The amount of work increases exponentially (2**log_rounds), so each increment is twice as much work. The default log_rounds is 10, and the valid range is 4 to 31.
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BCrypt() |
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static boolean |
checkpw(String plaintext,
String hashed)
Check that a plaintext password matches a previously hashed one
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static String |
gensalt()
Generate a salt for use with the BCrypt.hashpw() method, selecting a reasonable
default for the number of hashing rounds to apply
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static String |
gensalt(int log_rounds)
Generate a salt for use with the BCrypt.hashpw() method
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static String |
gensalt(int log_rounds,
SecureRandom random)
Generate a salt for use with the BCrypt.hashpw() method
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static String |
hashpw(String password,
String salt)
Hash a password using the OpenBSD bcrypt scheme
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public static String hashpw(String password, String salt)
password - the password to hashsalt - the salt to hash with (perhaps generated using BCrypt.gensalt)public static String gensalt(int log_rounds, SecureRandom random)
log_rounds - the log2 of the number of rounds of hashing to apply - the work
factor therefore increases as 2**log_rounds.random - an instance of SecureRandom to usepublic static String gensalt(int log_rounds)
log_rounds - the log2 of the number of rounds of hashing to apply - the work
factor therefore increases as 2**log_rounds.public static String gensalt()