Pure Rust implementation of the md5crypt password hashing function.

Security warning!

md5crypt is considered cryptographically broken and unsafe for use as a password scrambler. This crate is provided for interoperability with legacy systems only.

See the following links for more information:

• https://web.archive.org/web/20180317164935/http://phk.freebsd.dk/sagas/md5crypt_eol.html
• https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6151
• https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/CIS.2009.214
• https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/836068

Usage

use md5crypt::md5crypt;

let password = b"hunter2";
let salt = b"1234abcd";
assert_eq!(md5crypt(password, salt), b"$1$1234abcd$k941IFPqhCBpKvhOnZqRd/");