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EDIT: I misread the linked post, ignore me! <strike>crypt is the hashing function, not the password checking function</strike>
by jefftk 4y ago
EDIT: I misread the linked post, ignore me!
<strike>crypt is the hashing function, not the password checking function</strike>
- TimWolla 4y agoI assume s/bit/not/. The checking function is “does the given password with the stored parameters hash to the same value as the stored hash”. Hash functions are deterministic. So returning the original hash for a valid password is the success case.