MD5-crypt password hash
ID md5crypt_hash
DatatypeNot PIIidentifierDraft
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Password hash of the MD5-based crypt scheme of FreeBSD, in Modular Crypt Format: $1$, a salt of up to 8 characters, $ and 22 characters of crypt Base64. It was the default on Linux before SHA-crypt and is now considered weak.
- Categories
- Secrets and credentials (passwords, keys, tokens), Cryptographic identifiers
- Countries
- Global (not tied to a country)
- Languages
- Common to most languages
- Quality
- 68/100 · missing: second example, mapping (Wikidata, Schema.org, ...), translation, detector coverage
- Metacrafter rules
- no detection rule yet
- Supported by tools
- no tool record lists this type yet
Regular expression
^\$1\$[^$:\n]{1,8}\$[./0-9A-Za-z]{22}$
Python re syntax.
Examples
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| $1$examples$9syBlMva027I.Vd2Z0JGl1 | Hash of the word "example" with the salt examples |
| $6$saltstring$svn8UoSVapNtMuq1ukKS4tPQd8iKwSMHWjl/O817G3uBnIFNjnQJuesI68u4OTLiBFdcbYEdFCoEOfaS35inz1 invalid | SHA-512-crypt hash |
Sources
Use this record
- Page URL:
http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/md5crypt_hash - JSON: API v1 · legacy shape (used by metacrafter) · Markdown (for LLMs)
- Improve it: edit
data/datatypes/any/secrets/md5crypt_hash.yamlon GitHub