org.bouncycastle.crypto.generators

Class OpenBSDBCrypt

java.lang.Object

org.bouncycastle.crypto.generators.OpenBSDBCrypt

public class OpenBSDBCrypt
extends Object

Password hashing scheme BCrypt, designed by Niels Provos and David Mazières, using the String format and the Base64 encoding of the reference implementation on OpenBSD

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
OpenBSDBCrypt()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static boolean	checkPassword(String bcryptString, char[] password) Checks if a password corresponds to a 60 character Bcrypt String
static String	generate(char[] password, byte[] salt, int cost) Creates a 60 character Bcrypt String, including version, cost factor, salt and hash, separated by '$'

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

OpenBSDBCrypt

public OpenBSDBCrypt()

Method Detail

generate

public static String generate(char[] password,
                              byte[] salt,
                              int cost)

Creates a 60 character Bcrypt String, including version, cost factor, salt and hash, separated by '$'

Parameters:

cost - the cost factor, treated as an exponent of 2

salt - a 16 byte salt

password - the password

Returns:

a 60 character Bcrypt String

checkPassword

public static boolean checkPassword(String bcryptString,
                                    char[] password)

Checks if a password corresponds to a 60 character Bcrypt String

Parameters:

bcryptString - a 60 character Bcrypt String, including version, cost factor, salt and hash, separated by '$'

password - the password as an array of chars

Returns:

true if the password corresponds to the Bcrypt String, otherwise false