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Using Third-Party Tools to Create a Hashed Password

You can use third-party tools, such as OpenSSL and the Java MessageDigest class, to create a hashed password.

OpenSSL on UNIX: To use OpenSSL to create a hashed password on a UNIX machine, run OpenSSL with the message digest command dgst.

The following example shows how to create a hashed password for the password string Administrator using the MD5 hash function and encoded in Base64:

echo -n "Administrator" | openssl dgst -md5 -binary | openssl base64

The following example shows how to create a hashed password for the password string Administrator using the SHA-1 hash function and encoded in Base64:

echo -n "Administrator" | openssl dgst -sha1 -binary | openssl base64

The echo command in these examples adds a newline character to the string. The -n option in the commands removes the newline character.
OpenSSL on Windows: To use OpenSSL to create a hashed password on a Windows machine, run OpenSSL with the message digest command dgst.

The following example shows how to create a hashed password using the SHA-1 hash function and encoded in Base64:

openssl dgst -sha1 -binary -out <output file name> <input file name> openssl enc –base64 –in <output file name>

The input file contains the password string that you want to hash. OpenSSL writes the hashed password to the output file.
Java MessageDigest: The following example shows how to use the Java MessageDigest class to create a hashed password using the MD5 hash function and encoded in Base64:

public static String md5hash(String password) throws Exception{ MessageDigest digest = java.security.MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5"); digest.reset(); digest.update(password.getBytes()); byte[] hash = digest.digest(); return new String(org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64.encodeBase64(hash)); }

The following example shows how to use the Java MessageDigest class to create a hashed password using the SHA-1 hash function and encoded in Base64:

public static String sha1hash(String password) throws Exception{ MessageDigest digest = java.security.MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-1"); digest.reset(); digest.update(password.getBytes()); byte[] hash = digest.digest(); return new String(org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64.encodeBase64(hash)); }

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