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Hannes_Rapp
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Oct 27, 2014

F5 hashing method to store user passwords - what is it?

Hi, Question: What is the F5 hashing method used for user-password encryption? I want to convert any given plain-text string to F5-compliant 34-byte password hash (used by TMOS to store encrypted...
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Jeff_Costlow_10
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Oct 27, 2014

$1$salt$hash

 

DevCentral removed the angle brackets.

 

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    Hannes_Rapp
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    Oct 27, 2014
    Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks Jeff!