MD5 hash in Python












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I have been given a file with user and passwords in the format: $id$salt$hashed.



Where ID stands for the type of encryption and id=1 stands for FreeBSD-style MD5.



There is an example in which I know the password= "alice"



jsmith: $1$kDHTx$WKRXXT1P7UtjvU7CQ9eWs/:10063:0:99999:7:::


So I have done this in Python to check



import hashlib

passw='alice'
salt='kDHTx'

hashed= hashlib.md5(salt+passw).hexdigest()

print('What i get is: '+hashed)
print('What i should: '+'WKRXXT1P7UtjvU7CQ9eWs')


But I dont even get the format correctly:



What i get is: ba359e6dd36371c4dc5c187aac11e0d8
What i should: WKRXXT1P7UtjvU7CQ9eWs


What am I doing wrong? Or even understanding wrong from the begining?










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  • Why do you think you should get WKRXXT1P7UtjvU7CQ9eWs? The result from python looks correct, because the result has to be hexadecimal (I didn't calculate the hash myself). Maybe that result you provided uses some other encoding.

    – The Quantum Physicist
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:13













  • It is the example I have been given, and at least the format of the Hashed should be the same.

    – 19mike95
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:15











  • Just one recommendation: Don't use md5 for hashing because that's vulnerable to gpu and asics attacks. Use something advanced like argon2. Check what I did here.

    – The Quantum Physicist
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:18













  • I am not hashing for security its just an exercise where i have to get as many passwords as possible from the /etc/shadow file. And regarding my initial question, can it be any kind of format issue?

    – 19mike95
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:23






  • 2





    Note: Neither md5 nor shadow are encryption, and this is not a hexdigest since it has both uppercase and lowercase letters.

    – Max
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:37


















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I have been given a file with user and passwords in the format: $id$salt$hashed.



Where ID stands for the type of encryption and id=1 stands for FreeBSD-style MD5.



There is an example in which I know the password= "alice"



jsmith: $1$kDHTx$WKRXXT1P7UtjvU7CQ9eWs/:10063:0:99999:7:::


So I have done this in Python to check



import hashlib

passw='alice'
salt='kDHTx'

hashed= hashlib.md5(salt+passw).hexdigest()

print('What i get is: '+hashed)
print('What i should: '+'WKRXXT1P7UtjvU7CQ9eWs')


But I dont even get the format correctly:



What i get is: ba359e6dd36371c4dc5c187aac11e0d8
What i should: WKRXXT1P7UtjvU7CQ9eWs


What am I doing wrong? Or even understanding wrong from the begining?










share|improve this question

























  • Why do you think you should get WKRXXT1P7UtjvU7CQ9eWs? The result from python looks correct, because the result has to be hexadecimal (I didn't calculate the hash myself). Maybe that result you provided uses some other encoding.

    – The Quantum Physicist
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:13













  • It is the example I have been given, and at least the format of the Hashed should be the same.

    – 19mike95
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:15











  • Just one recommendation: Don't use md5 for hashing because that's vulnerable to gpu and asics attacks. Use something advanced like argon2. Check what I did here.

    – The Quantum Physicist
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:18













  • I am not hashing for security its just an exercise where i have to get as many passwords as possible from the /etc/shadow file. And regarding my initial question, can it be any kind of format issue?

    – 19mike95
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:23






  • 2





    Note: Neither md5 nor shadow are encryption, and this is not a hexdigest since it has both uppercase and lowercase letters.

    – Max
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:37
















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I have been given a file with user and passwords in the format: $id$salt$hashed.



Where ID stands for the type of encryption and id=1 stands for FreeBSD-style MD5.



There is an example in which I know the password= "alice"



jsmith: $1$kDHTx$WKRXXT1P7UtjvU7CQ9eWs/:10063:0:99999:7:::


So I have done this in Python to check



import hashlib

passw='alice'
salt='kDHTx'

hashed= hashlib.md5(salt+passw).hexdigest()

print('What i get is: '+hashed)
print('What i should: '+'WKRXXT1P7UtjvU7CQ9eWs')


But I dont even get the format correctly:



What i get is: ba359e6dd36371c4dc5c187aac11e0d8
What i should: WKRXXT1P7UtjvU7CQ9eWs


What am I doing wrong? Or even understanding wrong from the begining?










share|improve this question
















I have been given a file with user and passwords in the format: $id$salt$hashed.



Where ID stands for the type of encryption and id=1 stands for FreeBSD-style MD5.



There is an example in which I know the password= "alice"



jsmith: $1$kDHTx$WKRXXT1P7UtjvU7CQ9eWs/:10063:0:99999:7:::


So I have done this in Python to check



import hashlib

passw='alice'
salt='kDHTx'

hashed= hashlib.md5(salt+passw).hexdigest()

print('What i get is: '+hashed)
print('What i should: '+'WKRXXT1P7UtjvU7CQ9eWs')


But I dont even get the format correctly:



What i get is: ba359e6dd36371c4dc5c187aac11e0d8
What i should: WKRXXT1P7UtjvU7CQ9eWs


What am I doing wrong? Or even understanding wrong from the begining?







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  • Why do you think you should get WKRXXT1P7UtjvU7CQ9eWs? The result from python looks correct, because the result has to be hexadecimal (I didn't calculate the hash myself). Maybe that result you provided uses some other encoding.

    – The Quantum Physicist
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:13













  • It is the example I have been given, and at least the format of the Hashed should be the same.

    – 19mike95
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:15











  • Just one recommendation: Don't use md5 for hashing because that's vulnerable to gpu and asics attacks. Use something advanced like argon2. Check what I did here.

    – The Quantum Physicist
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:18













  • I am not hashing for security its just an exercise where i have to get as many passwords as possible from the /etc/shadow file. And regarding my initial question, can it be any kind of format issue?

    – 19mike95
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:23






  • 2





    Note: Neither md5 nor shadow are encryption, and this is not a hexdigest since it has both uppercase and lowercase letters.

    – Max
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:37





















  • Why do you think you should get WKRXXT1P7UtjvU7CQ9eWs? The result from python looks correct, because the result has to be hexadecimal (I didn't calculate the hash myself). Maybe that result you provided uses some other encoding.

    – The Quantum Physicist
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:13













  • It is the example I have been given, and at least the format of the Hashed should be the same.

    – 19mike95
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:15











  • Just one recommendation: Don't use md5 for hashing because that's vulnerable to gpu and asics attacks. Use something advanced like argon2. Check what I did here.

    – The Quantum Physicist
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:18













  • I am not hashing for security its just an exercise where i have to get as many passwords as possible from the /etc/shadow file. And regarding my initial question, can it be any kind of format issue?

    – 19mike95
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:23






  • 2





    Note: Neither md5 nor shadow are encryption, and this is not a hexdigest since it has both uppercase and lowercase letters.

    – Max
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:37



















Why do you think you should get WKRXXT1P7UtjvU7CQ9eWs? The result from python looks correct, because the result has to be hexadecimal (I didn't calculate the hash myself). Maybe that result you provided uses some other encoding.

– The Quantum Physicist
Nov 21 '18 at 16:13







Why do you think you should get WKRXXT1P7UtjvU7CQ9eWs? The result from python looks correct, because the result has to be hexadecimal (I didn't calculate the hash myself). Maybe that result you provided uses some other encoding.

– The Quantum Physicist
Nov 21 '18 at 16:13















It is the example I have been given, and at least the format of the Hashed should be the same.

– 19mike95
Nov 21 '18 at 16:15





It is the example I have been given, and at least the format of the Hashed should be the same.

– 19mike95
Nov 21 '18 at 16:15













Just one recommendation: Don't use md5 for hashing because that's vulnerable to gpu and asics attacks. Use something advanced like argon2. Check what I did here.

– The Quantum Physicist
Nov 21 '18 at 16:18







Just one recommendation: Don't use md5 for hashing because that's vulnerable to gpu and asics attacks. Use something advanced like argon2. Check what I did here.

– The Quantum Physicist
Nov 21 '18 at 16:18















I am not hashing for security its just an exercise where i have to get as many passwords as possible from the /etc/shadow file. And regarding my initial question, can it be any kind of format issue?

– 19mike95
Nov 21 '18 at 16:23





I am not hashing for security its just an exercise where i have to get as many passwords as possible from the /etc/shadow file. And regarding my initial question, can it be any kind of format issue?

– 19mike95
Nov 21 '18 at 16:23




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2





Note: Neither md5 nor shadow are encryption, and this is not a hexdigest since it has both uppercase and lowercase letters.

– Max
Nov 21 '18 at 16:37







Note: Neither md5 nor shadow are encryption, and this is not a hexdigest since it has both uppercase and lowercase letters.

– Max
Nov 21 '18 at 16:37














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You need to use the crypt library. A $1$ hash is representative of a Unix-based MD5.



>>> import crypt
>>> crypt.crypt('alice', crypt.METHOD_MD5)
$1$tlyP8ine$I9F3AiUCIgOjREqbx6WUg0


The salt is randomised by the function, to ensure a new hash is generated each time you run the command.



To replicate the creation of an existing hash, you can pass the existing hash as the salt to the crypt.crypt function:



>>> crypt.crypt('alice', '$1$kDHTx$WKRXXT1P7UtjvU7CQ9eWs/')
$1$kDHTx$WKRXXT1P7UtjvU7CQ9eWs/





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  • Yes sorry, i edit it now. Thanks

    – 19mike95
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:34






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    It looks like you can pass the whole $1$... source password as the 'salt' in python 3.x's crypt function to reuse the salt: Since a few crypt(3) extensions allow different values, with different sizes in the salt, it is recommended to use the full crypted password as salt when checking for a password.

    – Max
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:43













  • could you show me an example?

    – 19mike95
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:48











  • Nice, I'll add that to the post

    – Adam
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:48











  • By the way, is crypt just for Python 3 or superior?

    – 19mike95
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:59












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You need to use the crypt library. A $1$ hash is representative of a Unix-based MD5.



>>> import crypt
>>> crypt.crypt('alice', crypt.METHOD_MD5)
$1$tlyP8ine$I9F3AiUCIgOjREqbx6WUg0


The salt is randomised by the function, to ensure a new hash is generated each time you run the command.



To replicate the creation of an existing hash, you can pass the existing hash as the salt to the crypt.crypt function:



>>> crypt.crypt('alice', '$1$kDHTx$WKRXXT1P7UtjvU7CQ9eWs/')
$1$kDHTx$WKRXXT1P7UtjvU7CQ9eWs/





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  • Yes sorry, i edit it now. Thanks

    – 19mike95
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:34






  • 2





    It looks like you can pass the whole $1$... source password as the 'salt' in python 3.x's crypt function to reuse the salt: Since a few crypt(3) extensions allow different values, with different sizes in the salt, it is recommended to use the full crypted password as salt when checking for a password.

    – Max
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:43













  • could you show me an example?

    – 19mike95
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:48











  • Nice, I'll add that to the post

    – Adam
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:48











  • By the way, is crypt just for Python 3 or superior?

    – 19mike95
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:59
















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You need to use the crypt library. A $1$ hash is representative of a Unix-based MD5.



>>> import crypt
>>> crypt.crypt('alice', crypt.METHOD_MD5)
$1$tlyP8ine$I9F3AiUCIgOjREqbx6WUg0


The salt is randomised by the function, to ensure a new hash is generated each time you run the command.



To replicate the creation of an existing hash, you can pass the existing hash as the salt to the crypt.crypt function:



>>> crypt.crypt('alice', '$1$kDHTx$WKRXXT1P7UtjvU7CQ9eWs/')
$1$kDHTx$WKRXXT1P7UtjvU7CQ9eWs/





share|improve this answer


























  • Yes sorry, i edit it now. Thanks

    – 19mike95
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:34






  • 2





    It looks like you can pass the whole $1$... source password as the 'salt' in python 3.x's crypt function to reuse the salt: Since a few crypt(3) extensions allow different values, with different sizes in the salt, it is recommended to use the full crypted password as salt when checking for a password.

    – Max
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:43













  • could you show me an example?

    – 19mike95
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:48











  • Nice, I'll add that to the post

    – Adam
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:48











  • By the way, is crypt just for Python 3 or superior?

    – 19mike95
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:59














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You need to use the crypt library. A $1$ hash is representative of a Unix-based MD5.



>>> import crypt
>>> crypt.crypt('alice', crypt.METHOD_MD5)
$1$tlyP8ine$I9F3AiUCIgOjREqbx6WUg0


The salt is randomised by the function, to ensure a new hash is generated each time you run the command.



To replicate the creation of an existing hash, you can pass the existing hash as the salt to the crypt.crypt function:



>>> crypt.crypt('alice', '$1$kDHTx$WKRXXT1P7UtjvU7CQ9eWs/')
$1$kDHTx$WKRXXT1P7UtjvU7CQ9eWs/





share|improve this answer















You need to use the crypt library. A $1$ hash is representative of a Unix-based MD5.



>>> import crypt
>>> crypt.crypt('alice', crypt.METHOD_MD5)
$1$tlyP8ine$I9F3AiUCIgOjREqbx6WUg0


The salt is randomised by the function, to ensure a new hash is generated each time you run the command.



To replicate the creation of an existing hash, you can pass the existing hash as the salt to the crypt.crypt function:



>>> crypt.crypt('alice', '$1$kDHTx$WKRXXT1P7UtjvU7CQ9eWs/')
$1$kDHTx$WKRXXT1P7UtjvU7CQ9eWs/






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  • Yes sorry, i edit it now. Thanks

    – 19mike95
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:34






  • 2





    It looks like you can pass the whole $1$... source password as the 'salt' in python 3.x's crypt function to reuse the salt: Since a few crypt(3) extensions allow different values, with different sizes in the salt, it is recommended to use the full crypted password as salt when checking for a password.

    – Max
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:43













  • could you show me an example?

    – 19mike95
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:48











  • Nice, I'll add that to the post

    – Adam
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:48











  • By the way, is crypt just for Python 3 or superior?

    – 19mike95
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:59



















  • Yes sorry, i edit it now. Thanks

    – 19mike95
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:34






  • 2





    It looks like you can pass the whole $1$... source password as the 'salt' in python 3.x's crypt function to reuse the salt: Since a few crypt(3) extensions allow different values, with different sizes in the salt, it is recommended to use the full crypted password as salt when checking for a password.

    – Max
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:43













  • could you show me an example?

    – 19mike95
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:48











  • Nice, I'll add that to the post

    – Adam
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:48











  • By the way, is crypt just for Python 3 or superior?

    – 19mike95
    Nov 21 '18 at 16:59

















Yes sorry, i edit it now. Thanks

– 19mike95
Nov 21 '18 at 16:34





Yes sorry, i edit it now. Thanks

– 19mike95
Nov 21 '18 at 16:34




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2





It looks like you can pass the whole $1$... source password as the 'salt' in python 3.x's crypt function to reuse the salt: Since a few crypt(3) extensions allow different values, with different sizes in the salt, it is recommended to use the full crypted password as salt when checking for a password.

– Max
Nov 21 '18 at 16:43







It looks like you can pass the whole $1$... source password as the 'salt' in python 3.x's crypt function to reuse the salt: Since a few crypt(3) extensions allow different values, with different sizes in the salt, it is recommended to use the full crypted password as salt when checking for a password.

– Max
Nov 21 '18 at 16:43















could you show me an example?

– 19mike95
Nov 21 '18 at 16:48





could you show me an example?

– 19mike95
Nov 21 '18 at 16:48













Nice, I'll add that to the post

– Adam
Nov 21 '18 at 16:48





Nice, I'll add that to the post

– Adam
Nov 21 '18 at 16:48













By the way, is crypt just for Python 3 or superior?

– 19mike95
Nov 21 '18 at 16:59





By the way, is crypt just for Python 3 or superior?

– 19mike95
Nov 21 '18 at 16:59




















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