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author | Joe Orton <jorton@apache.org> | 2020-12-17 13:48:30 +0100 |
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committer | Joe Orton <jorton@apache.org> | 2020-12-17 13:48:30 +0100 |
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diff --git a/docs/manual/programs/htdbm.html.en.utf8 b/docs/manual/programs/htdbm.html.en.utf8 index 63e871ff54..6b8183ccee 100644 --- a/docs/manual/programs/htdbm.html.en.utf8 +++ b/docs/manual/programs/htdbm.html.en.utf8 @@ -155,27 +155,27 @@ cannot be combined with the <code>-c</code> option.</dd> <dt><code>-m</code></dt> - <dd>Use MD5 encryption for passwords. On Windows and Netware, this is + <dd>Use MD5 hashing for passwords. On Windows and Netware, this is the default.</dd> <dt><code>-B</code></dt> - <dd>Use bcrypt encryption for passwords. This is currently considered to + <dd>Use bcrypt hashing for passwords. This is currently considered to be very secure.</dd> <dt><code>-C</code></dt> <dd>This flag is only allowed in combination with <code>-B</code> (bcrypt - encryption). It sets the computing time used for the bcrypt algorithm + hashing). It sets the computing time used for the bcrypt algorithm (higher is more secure but slower, default: 5, valid: 4 to 31).</dd> <dt><code>-d</code></dt> - <dd>Use <code>crypt()</code> encryption for passwords. The default on all + <dd>Use <code>crypt()</code> hashing for passwords. The default on all platforms but Windows and Netware. Though possibly supported by <code>htdbm</code> on all platforms, it is not supported by the <code class="program"><a href="../programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code> server on Windows and Netware. This algorithm is <strong>insecure</strong> by today's standards.</dd> <dt><code>-s</code></dt> - <dd>Use SHA encryption for passwords. Facilitates migration from/to Netscape + <dd>Use SHA hashing for passwords. Facilitates migration from/to Netscape servers using the LDAP Directory Interchange Format (ldif). This algorithm is <strong>insecure</strong> by today's standards.</dd> @@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ does exist, the password is changed.</dd> <dt><code><var>password</var></code></dt> - <dd>The plaintext password to be encrypted and stored in the DBM file. + <dd>The plaintext password to be hashed and stored in the DBM file. Used only with the <code>-b</code> flag.</dd> <dt><code>-T<var>DBTYPE</var></code></dt> @@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ <p>Adds or modifies the password for user <code>jsmith</code>. The user is prompted for the password. If executed on a Windows system, the password - will be encrypted using the modified Apache MD5 algorithm; otherwise, the + will be hashed using the modified Apache MD5 algorithm; otherwise, the system's <code>crypt()</code> routine will be used. If the file does not exist, <code>htdbm</code> will do nothing except return an error.</p> @@ -302,14 +302,14 @@ not be fetchable with a browser.</p> <p>The use of the <code>-b</code> option is discouraged, since when it is - used the unencrypted password appears on the command line.</p> + used the plaintext password appears on the command line.</p> <p>When using the <code>crypt()</code> algorithm, note that only the first 8 characters of the password are used to form the password. If the supplied password is longer, the extra characters will be silently discarded.</p> - <p>The SHA encryption format does not use salting: for a given password, - there is only one encrypted representation. The <code>crypt()</code> and + <p>The SHA hashing option does not use salting: for a given password, + there is only one hashed representation. The <code>crypt()</code> and MD5 formats permute the representation by prepending a random salt string, to make dictionary attacks against the passwords more difficult.</p> @@ -318,13 +318,13 @@ </div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> <div class="section"> <h2><a name="restrictions" id="restrictions">Restrictions</a> <a title="Permanent link" href="#restrictions" class="permalink">¶</a></h2> - <p>On the Windows platform, passwords encrypted with + <p>On the Windows platform, passwords hashed with <code>htdbm</code> are limited to no more than <code>255</code> characters in length. Longer passwords will be truncated to 255 characters.</p> <p>The MD5 algorithm used by <code>htdbm</code> is specific to the Apache - software; passwords encrypted using it will not be usable with other Web + software; passwords hashed using it will not be usable with other Web servers.</p> <p>Usernames are limited to <code>255</code> bytes and may not include the |