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<p class="module-desc"><p><a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bcrypt">bcrypt</a> is a <a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowfish_(cipher)">Blowfish</a>-based password hashing algorithm that is designed to be adaptively expensive to provide resistance against brute force based attacks and additionally includes a salt for lookup table resistance.</p>
<p>Although bcrypt has been around for a long time, dating back to 1999, for many projects it is still a reasonable choice due to its adjustable cost factor that can provide security against all but the most well funded attackers.</p>
<p>This module's design is based loosely on Python's <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">bcrypt</span></span></tt> module and supports generating the newer version <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="DecNumber">2</span><span class="Identifier">b</span></span></tt> hashes as well as verifying the older <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="DecNumber">2</span><span class="Identifier">a</span></span></tt> and the PHP equivalent of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="DecNumber">2</span><span class="Identifier">b</span></span></tt> called <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="DecNumber">2</span><span class="Identifier">y</span></span></tt>.</p>
<p><strong class="examples_text">Example:</strong></p>
<pre class="listing"><span class="Keyword">import</span> <span class="Identifier">src</span><span class="Operator">/</span><span class="Identifier">checksums</span><span class="Operator">/</span><span class="Identifier">bcrypt</span>
<span class="Comment"># Generate a salt with a specific cost factor and use it to hash a password.</span>
<span class="Keyword">let</span> <span class="Identifier">hashed</span> <span class="Operator">=</span> <span class="Identifier">bcrypt</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;correct horse battery stape&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">generateSalt</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="DecNumber">8</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span></pre>
<p><strong class="examples_text">Example:</strong></p>
<pre class="listing"><span class="Keyword">import</span> <span class="Identifier">src</span><span class="Operator">/</span><span class="Identifier">checksums</span><span class="Operator">/</span><span class="Identifier">bcrypt</span>
<span class="Comment"># Verify a password against a known good hash from i.e. a database.</span>
<span class="Keyword">let</span> <span class="Identifier">knownGood</span> <span class="Operator">=</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;$2b$06$LzUyyYdKBoEy9V4NTvxDH.O11KQP30/Zyp5pQAQ.0Cy89WnkD5Jjy&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">verify</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;correct horse battery staple&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">knownGood</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span></pre></p>
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#7">Types</a></h1>
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<dt><pre><a href="bcrypt.html#CostFactor"><span class="Identifier">CostFactor</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="Identifier">range</span><span class="Other">[</span><span class="DecNumber">4</span> <span class="Operator">..</span> <span class="DecNumber">31</span><span class="Other">]</span></pre></dt>
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Adjustable cost factor. The value is a logarithm of 2, which means that a cost of 5 is twice as expensive as a cost of 4, and a cost of 16 is 2048 times more expensive than a cost of 5.
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<dt><pre><a href="bcrypt.html#Hash"><span class="Identifier">Hash</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="Keyword">distinct</span> <span class="Identifier">HashBytes</span></pre></dt>
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A 192 bit hash value produced by the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">bcrypt</span></span></tt> function.
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<dt><pre><a href="bcrypt.html#Salt"><span class="Identifier">Salt</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="Keyword">object</span>
<span class="Identifier">costFactor</span><span class="Operator">*</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="bcrypt.html#CostFactor"><span class="Identifier">CostFactor</span></a></pre></dt>
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A random 128 bit salt used to provide security against rainbow table attacks that also includes the bcrypt version and cost factor.
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<dt><pre><a href="bcrypt.html#SaltedHash"><span class="Identifier">SaltedHash</span></a> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="Keyword">tuple</span><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">salt</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="bcrypt.html#Salt"><span class="Identifier">Salt</span></a><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">hash</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="bcrypt.html#Hash"><span class="Identifier">Hash</span></a><span class="Other">]</span></pre></dt>
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<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#%24%2CHash"><span class="Identifier">`$`</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">s</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="bcrypt.html#Hash"><span class="Identifier">Hash</span></a><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Identifier">string</span> {.<span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
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Renders the given <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">Hash</span></span></tt> into the canonical bcrypt-type Base64 representation.
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<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#%24%2CSalt"><span class="Identifier">`$`</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">s</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="bcrypt.html#Salt"><span class="Identifier">Salt</span></a><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Identifier">string</span> {.<span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
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Renders the given <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">Salt</span></span></tt> into the canonical bcrypt-type Base64 representation along with its version and cost factor information.
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<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#%24%2CSaltedHash"><span class="Identifier">`$`</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">s</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="bcrypt.html#SaltedHash"><span class="Identifier">SaltedHash</span></a><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Identifier">string</span> {.<span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
Renders the given <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">SaltedHash</span></span></tt> into the canonical bcrypt-type Base64 representation resulting in the actual hash string to be stored.
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<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#bcrypt%2CopenArray%5Bchar%5D%2CSalt"><span class="Identifier">bcrypt</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">password</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Identifier">openArray</span><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">char</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">salt</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="bcrypt.html#Salt"><span class="Identifier">Salt</span></a><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="bcrypt.html#SaltedHash"><span class="Identifier">SaltedHash</span></a> {.<span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
<p>Produces a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">SaltedHash</span></span></tt> from the given password string and salt.</p>
<p>Be careful when accepting a salt from a source outside of your control as a malicious user could pass in salts with a very high cost factor, resulting in denial of service attack.</p>
<p><strong class="examples_text">Example:</strong></p>
<pre class="listing"><span class="Keyword">let</span> <span class="Identifier">hashed</span> <span class="Operator">=</span> <span class="Identifier">bcrypt</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;correct horse battery stape&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">generateSalt</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="DecNumber">8</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span></pre>
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<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#generateSalt%2CCostFactor"><span class="Identifier">generateSalt</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">cost</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="bcrypt.html#CostFactor"><span class="Identifier">CostFactor</span></a><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="bcrypt.html#Salt"><span class="Identifier">Salt</span></a> {.<span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Identifier">ResourceExhaustedError</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
Generates a new, random salt with the provided <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">CostFactor</span></span></tt>. Only salts with subversion <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="DecNumber">2</span><span class="Identifier">b</span></span></tt> are generated since it's the newest and default version of the reference bcrypt implementation.
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<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#parseSalt%2Cstring"><span class="Identifier">parseSalt</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">salt</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Identifier">string</span><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="bcrypt.html#Salt"><span class="Identifier">Salt</span></a> {.<span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Identifier">ValueError</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
<p>Parses a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">Salt</span></span></tt> from the given string (which may be a full bcrypt hash or only the preamble).</p>
<p>It accepts the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="DecNumber">2</span><span class="Identifier">a</span></span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="DecNumber">2</span><span class="Identifier">b</span></span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="DecNumber">2</span><span class="Identifier">y</span></span></tt> subversions.</p>
<p><strong class="examples_text">Example:</strong></p>
<pre class="listing"><span class="Comment"># Parse full hash</span>
<span class="Keyword">let</span> <span class="Identifier">salt1</span> <span class="Operator">=</span> <span class="Identifier">parseSalt</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;$2b$06$LzUyyYdKBoEy9V4NTvxDH.&quot;</span>
<span class="Comment"># Parse salt part</span>
<span class="Keyword">let</span> <span class="Identifier">salt2</span> <span class="Operator">=</span> <span class="Identifier">parseSalt</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;$2b$06$LzUyyYdKBoEy9V4NTvxDH.PvwrAArbP0DUvDUFf8ChnJl6/79lh3C&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Operator">$</span><span class="Identifier">salt1</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;$2b$06$LzUyyYdKBoEy9V4NTvxDH.&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Operator">$</span><span class="Identifier">salt2</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;$2b$06$LzUyyYdKBoEy9V4NTvxDH.&quot;</span></pre>
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<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#verify%2CopenArray%5Bchar%5D%2Cstring"><span class="Identifier">verify</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">password</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Identifier">openArray</span><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">char</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">knownGood</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Identifier">string</span><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Identifier">bool</span> {.
<span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">ValueError</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
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<p>Verifies a given plaintext password against a hash from a known good source such as a database or other data storage.</p>
<p>Be careful when accepting a hash from a source outside of your control as a malicious user could pass salts with a very high cost factor, resulting in denial of service attack.</p>
<p><strong class="examples_text">Example:</strong></p>
<pre class="listing"><span class="Keyword">let</span> <span class="Identifier">knownGood</span> <span class="Operator">=</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;$2b$06$LzUyyYdKBoEy9V4NTvxDH.O11KQP30/Zyp5pQAQ.0Cy89WnkD5Jjy&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">verify</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;correct horse battery staple&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">knownGood</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span></pre>
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