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diff --git a/docs/man/htdbm.1 b/docs/man/htdbm.1 index 8c18c6e..ac02f9a 100644 --- a/docs/man/htdbm.1 +++ b/docs/man/htdbm.1 @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ .el .ne 3 .IP "\\$1" \\$2 .. -.TH "HTDBM" 1 "2018-07-06" "Apache HTTP Server" "htdbm" +.TH "HTDBM" 1 "2024-04-02" "Apache HTTP Server" "htdbm" .SH NAME htdbm \- Manipulate DBM password databases @@ -74,19 +74,19 @@ Create the \fIpasswdfile\fR\&. If \fIpasswdfile\fR already exists, it is rewritt Display the results on standard output rather than updating a database\&. This option changes the syntax of the command line, since the \fIpasswdfile\fR argument (usually the first one) is omitted\&. It cannot be combined with the \fB-c\fR option\&. .TP \fB-m\fR -Use MD5 encryption for passwords\&. On Windows and Netware, this is the default\&. +Use MD5 hashing for passwords\&. On Windows and Netware, this is the default\&. .TP \fB-B\fR -Use bcrypt encryption for passwords\&. This is currently considered to be very secure\&. +Use bcrypt hashing for passwords\&. This is currently considered to be very secure\&. .TP \fB-C\fR -This flag is only allowed in combination with \fB-B\fR (bcrypt encryption)\&. It sets the computing time used for the bcrypt algorithm (higher is more secure but slower, default: 5, valid: 4 to 31)\&. +This flag is only allowed in combination with \fB-B\fR (bcrypt hashing)\&. It sets the computing time used for the bcrypt algorithm (higher is more secure but slower, default: 5, valid: 4 to 31)\&. .TP \fB-d\fR -Use \fBcrypt()\fR encryption for passwords\&. The default on all platforms but Windows and Netware\&. Though possibly supported by \fBhtdbm\fR on all platforms, it is not supported by the httpd server on Windows and Netware\&. This algorithm is \fBinsecure\fR by today's standards\&. +Use \fBcrypt()\fR hashing for passwords\&. The default on all platforms but Windows and Netware\&. Though possibly supported by \fBhtdbm\fR on all platforms, it is not supported by the httpd server on Windows and Netware\&. This algorithm is \fBinsecure\fR by today's standards\&. .TP \fB-s\fR -Use SHA encryption for passwords\&. Facilitates migration from/to Netscape servers using the LDAP Directory Interchange Format (ldif)\&. This algorithm is \fBinsecure\fR by today's standards\&. +Use SHA hashing for passwords\&. Facilitates migration from/to Netscape servers using the LDAP Directory Interchange Format (ldif)\&. This algorithm is \fBinsecure\fR by today's standards\&. .TP \fB-p\fR Use plaintext passwords\&. Though \fBhtdbm\fR will support creation on all platforms, the httpd daemon will only accept plain text passwords on Windows and Netware\&. @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ The filename of the DBM format file\&. Usually without the extension \fB\&.db\fR The username to create or update in \fIpasswdfile\fR\&. If \fIusername\fR does not exist in this file, an entry is added\&. If it does exist, the password is changed\&. .TP \fB\fIpassword\fR\fR -The plaintext password to be encrypted and stored in the DBM file\&. Used only with the \fB-b\fR flag\&. +The plaintext password to be hashed and stored in the DBM file\&. Used only with the \fB-b\fR flag\&. .TP \fB-T\fIDBTYPE\fR\fR Type of DBM file (SDBM, GDBM, DB, or "default")\&. @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ One can usually use the \fBfile\fR program supplied with most Unix systems to se .fi .PP -Adds or modifies the password for user \fBjsmith\fR\&. The user is prompted for the password\&. If executed on a Windows system, the password will be encrypted using the modified Apache MD5 algorithm; otherwise, the system's \fBcrypt()\fR routine will be used\&. If the file does not exist, \fBhtdbm\fR will do nothing except return an error\&. +Adds or modifies the password for user \fBjsmith\fR\&. The user is prompted for the password\&. If executed on a Windows system, the password will be hashed using the modified Apache MD5 algorithm; otherwise, the system's \fBcrypt()\fR routine will be used\&. If the file does not exist, \fBhtdbm\fR will do nothing except return an error\&. .nf @@ -163,13 +163,13 @@ Encrypts the password from the command line (\fBPwd4Steve\fR) using the MD5 algo Web password files such as those managed by \fBhtdbm\fR should \fInot\fR be within the Web server's URI space -- that is, they should not be fetchable with a browser\&. .PP -The use of the \fB-b\fR option is discouraged, since when it is used the unencrypted password appears on the command line\&. +The use of the \fB-b\fR option is discouraged, since when it is used the plaintext password appears on the command line\&. .PP When using the \fBcrypt()\fR algorithm, note that only the first 8 characters of the password are used to form the password\&. If the supplied password is longer, the extra characters will be silently discarded\&. .PP -The SHA encryption format does not use salting: for a given password, there is only one encrypted representation\&. The \fBcrypt()\fR and MD5 formats permute the representation by prepending a random salt string, to make dictionary attacks against the passwords more difficult\&. +The SHA hashing option does not use salting: for a given password, there is only one hashed representation\&. The \fBcrypt()\fR and MD5 formats permute the representation by prepending a random salt string, to make dictionary attacks against the passwords more difficult\&. .PP The SHA and \fBcrypt()\fR formats are insecure by today's standards\&. @@ -177,10 +177,10 @@ The SHA and \fBcrypt()\fR formats are insecure by today's standards\&. .SH "RESTRICTIONS" .PP -On the Windows platform, passwords encrypted with \fBhtdbm\fR are limited to no more than \fB255\fR characters in length\&. Longer passwords will be truncated to 255 characters\&. +On the Windows platform, passwords hashed with \fBhtdbm\fR are limited to no more than \fB255\fR characters in length\&. Longer passwords will be truncated to 255 characters\&. .PP -The MD5 algorithm used by \fBhtdbm\fR is specific to the Apache software; passwords encrypted using it will not be usable with other Web servers\&. +The MD5 algorithm used by \fBhtdbm\fR is specific to the Apache software; passwords hashed using it will not be usable with other Web servers\&. .PP Usernames are limited to \fB255\fR bytes and may not include the character \fB:\fR\&. |