From 2e04d6cc9d7976f476a18a1e002d07c31d67c15c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard Levitte Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 04:07:04 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Document the new SHA256 and SHA512 password generation options Reviewed-by: Rich Salz --- CHANGES | 5 +++++ doc/apps/passwd.pod | 9 +++++++++ 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES index b233c23335..38b025a599 100644 --- a/CHANGES +++ b/CHANGES @@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ *) + *) 'openssl passwd' can now produce SHA256 and SHA512 based output, + using the algorithm defined in + https://www.akkadia.org/drepper/SHA-crypt.txt + [Richard Levitte] + Changes between 1.0.2h and 1.1.0 [25 Aug 2016] *) Windows command-line tool supports UTF-8 opt-in option for arguments diff --git a/doc/apps/passwd.pod b/doc/apps/passwd.pod index 87dd8d868c..fa11f630cf 100644 --- a/doc/apps/passwd.pod +++ b/doc/apps/passwd.pod @@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ B [B<-crypt>] [B<-1>] [B<-apr1>] +[B<-5>] +[B<-6>] [B<-salt> I] [B<-in> I] [B<-stdin>] @@ -48,6 +50,13 @@ Use the MD5 based BSD password algorithm B<1>. Use the B algorithm (Apache variant of the BSD algorithm). +=item B<-5> + +=item B<-6> + +Use the B / B based algorithms defined by Ulrich Drepper. +See L. + =item B<-salt> I Use the specified salt. -- 2.40.0