class Net::LDAP::Password
Public Class Methods
generate(type, str)
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Generate a password-hash suitable for inclusion in an LDAP attribute. Pass a hash type as a symbol (:md5, :sha, :ssha) and a plaintext password. This function will return a hashed representation.
# File lib/net/ldap/password.rb, line 22 def generate(type, str) case type when :md5 '{MD5}' + Base64.strict_encode64(Digest::MD5.digest(str)) when :sha '{SHA}' + Base64.strict_encode64(Digest::SHA1.digest(str)) when :ssha salt = SecureRandom.random_bytes(16) '{SSHA}' + Base64.strict_encode64(Digest::SHA1.digest(str + salt) + salt) when :ssha256 salt = SecureRandom.random_bytes(16) '{SSHA256}' + Base64.strict_encode64(Digest::SHA256.digest(str + salt) + salt) else raise Net::LDAP::HashTypeUnsupportedError, "Unsupported password-hash type (#{type})" end end