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Re: Password Generation

 

Allright, thx.


2014-03-20 7:42 GMT+01:00 Jason Pickering <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx>:

> Hi Kenneth,
>
> You must look at the source code of DHIS2 and Spring in order to
> understand it. It is not a simple hash, but a salted hash depending on the
> username and password together. This has been previously discussed on this
> list, but it is most clear by analyzing the source code.
>
> Best regards,
> Jason
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 5:39 PM, Kenneth Børtveit <
> kenneth.bortveit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi.
>>
>> I am trying to generate passwords to almost 45,000 users in Rwanda.
>> There is no problem in generating a random sequence of characters, the
>> problem is storing it in a database.
>>
>> The password is stored as a hash, but I don't know which hash function to
>> use.
>>
>> Could anybody assist?
>>
>> -Kenneth
>>
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