The raw crypt data is base64 encoded, probably just for ease of embedding the strings. There is a decryption function that does the actual decryption. Not to

The raw crypt data is base64 encoded, probably just for ease of embedding the strings. There is a decryption function that does the actual decryption. Not to say it wouldn't be easy to reverse engineer or just run and check the return, but it's not just base64.