In many places I heard that people recommend to use the bcrypt algorithm to save passwords into database while creating web applications.I want to know what is the algorithm used to bcrypt a password in step by step.
asked Sep 18, 2014 at 8:55
- 4I'm not sure what you are asking that is not clearly answered on Wikipedia page for Bcrypt? If you have a specific question please clarify.– AviD♦CommentedSep 18, 2014 at 11:04
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Per Wikipedia's article on bcrypt, the algorithm is a modified version of the key setup process from the Blowfish cypher, repeated thousands of times, using each round's output as the input for the next round.
- 1@GrahamHill That describes the blowfish blockcipher, not the bcrypt password hash. While bcrypt is based on blowfish, they're not identical.CommentedSep 18, 2014 at 13:16
