@pake/bcrypt
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A library to help you hash passwords.
You can read about bcrypt in Wikipedia as well as in the following article: How To Safely Store A Password
Verify that the node version you are using is a stable version; it has an even major release number. Unstable versions are currently not supported and issues created while using an unstable version will be closed.
If you are on a stable version of node, please provide a sufficient code snippet or log files for installation issues. The code snippet does not require you to include confidential information. However, it must provide enough information such that the problem can be replicable. Issues which are closed without resolution often lack required information for replication.
| Node Version | Bcrypt Version |
|---|---|
| 0.4 | <= 0.4 |
| 0.6, 0.8, 0.10 | >= 0.5 |
| 0.11 | >= 0.8 |
| 4 | <= 2.1.0 |
| 8 | >= 1.0.3 |
| 10, 11 | >= 3 |
| 12 (nightly) | >= 3.0.6 |
node-gyp only works with stable/released versions of node. Since the bcrypt module uses node-gyp to build and install, you'll need a stable version of node to use bcrypt. If you do not, you'll likely see an error that starts with:
gyp ERR! stack Error: "pre" versions of node cannot be installed, use the --nodedir flag instead
Per bcrypt implementation, only the first 72 characters of a string are used. Any extra characters are ignored when matching passwords.
As should be the case with any security tool, this library should be scrutinized by anyone using it. If you find or suspect an issue with the code, please bring it to my attention and I'll spend some time trying to make sure that this tool is as secure as possible.
To make it easier for people using this tool to analyze what has been surveyed, here is a list of BCrypt related security issues/concerns as they've come up.
This library supports $2a$ and $2b$ prefix bcrypt hashes. $2x$ and $2y$ hashes are specific to bcrypt implementation developed for Jon the Ripper. In theory, they should be compatible with $2b$ prefix.
Compatibility with hashes generated by other languages is not 100% guaranteed due to difference in character encodings. However, it should not be an issue for most cases.
Hashes generated in earlier version of bcrypt remain 100% supported in v2.x.x and later versions. In most cases, the migration should be a bump in the package.json.
Hashes generated in v2.x.x using the defaults parameters will not work in earlier versions.
node-gypOpenSSL - This is only required to build the bcrypt project if you are using versions <= 0.7.7. Otherwise, we're using the builtin node crypto bindings for seed data (which use the same OpenSSL code paths we were, but don't have the external dependency).npm install bcrypt
Note: OS X users using Xcode 4.3.1 or above may need to run the following command in their terminal prior to installing if errors occur regarding xcodebuild: sudo xcode-select -switch /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
Pre-built binaries for various NodeJS versions are made available on a best-effort basis.
Only the current stable and supported LTS releases are actively tested against. Please note that there may be an interval between the release of the module and the availabilty of the compiled modules.
Currently, we have pre-built binaries that support the following platforms:
If you face an error like this:
node-pre-gyp ERR! Tried to download(404): https://github.com/kelektiv/node.bcrypt.js/releases/download/v1.0.2/bcrypt_lib-v1.0.2-node-v48-linux-x64.tar.gz
make sure you have the appropriate dependencies installed and configured for your platform. You can find installation instructions for the dependencies for some common platforms in this page.
const bcrypt = require('bcrypt');
const saltRounds = 10;
const myPlaintextPassword = 's0/\/\P4$$w0rD';
const someOtherPlaintextPassword = 'not_bacon';
Technique 1 (generate a salt and hash on separate function calls):
bcrypt.genSalt(saltRounds, function(err, salt) {
bcrypt.hash(myPlaintextPassword, salt, function(err, hash) {
// Store hash in your password DB.
});
});
Technique 2 (auto-gen a salt and hash):
bcrypt.hash(myPlaintextPassword, saltRounds, function(err, hash) {
// Store hash in your password DB.
});
Note that both techniques achieve the same end-result.
// Load hash from your password DB.
bcrypt.compare(myPlaintextPassword, hash, function(err, res) {
// res == true
});
bcrypt.compare(someOtherPlaintextPassword, hash, function(err, res) {
// res == false
});
The "compare" function counters timing attacks (using a so-called 'constant-time' algorithm). In general, don't use the normal JavaScript string comparison functions to compare passwords, cryptographic keys, or cryptographic hashes if they are relevant to security.
bcrypt uses whatever Promise implementation is available in global.Promise. NodeJS >= 0.12 has a native Promise implementation built in. However, this should work in any Promises/A+ compliant implementation.
Async methods that accept a callback, return a Promise when callback is not specified if Promise support is available.
bcrypt.hash(myPlaintextPassword, saltRounds).then(function(hash) {
// Store hash in your password DB.
});
// Load hash from your password DB.
bcrypt.compare(myPlaintextPassword, hash).then(function(res) {
// res == true
});
bcrypt.compare(someOtherPlaintextPassword, hash).then(function(res) {
// res == false
});
This is also compatible with async/await
async function checkUser(username, password) {
//... fetch user from a db etc.
const match = await bcrypt.compare(password, user.passwordHash);
if(match) {
//login
}
//...
}
const bcrypt = require('bcrypt');
const saltRounds = 10;
const myPlaintextPassword = 's0/\/\P4$$w0rD';
const someOtherPlaintextPassword = 'not_bacon';
Technique 1 (generate a salt and hash on separate function calls):
var salt = bcrypt.genSaltSync(saltRounds);
var hash = bcrypt.hashSync(myPlaintextPassword, salt);
// Store hash in your password DB.
Technique 2 (auto-gen a salt and hash):
var hash = bcrypt.hashSync(myPlaintextPassword, saltRounds);
// Store hash in your password DB.
As with async, both techniques achieve the same end-result.
// Load hash from your password DB.
bcrypt.compareSync(myPlaintextPassword, hash); // true
bcrypt.compareSync(someOtherPlaintextPassword, hash); // false
The "compareSync" function counters timing attacks (using a so-called 'constant-time' algorithm). In general, don't use the normal JavaScript string comparison functions to compare passwords, cryptographic keys, or cryptographic hashes if they are relevant to security.
If you are using bcrypt on a simple script, using the sync mode is perfectly fine. However, if you are using bcrypt on a server, the async mode is recommended. This is because the hashing done by bcrypt is CPU intensive, so the sync version will block the event loop and prevent your application from servicing any other inbound requests or events. The async version uses a thread pool which does not block the main event loop.
BCrypt.
genSaltSync(rounds, minor)
rounds - [OPTIONAL] - the cost of processing the data. (default - 10)minor - [OPTIONAL] - minor version of bcrypt to use. (default - b)genSalt(rounds, minor, cb)
rounds - [OPTIONAL] - the cost of processing the data. (default - 10)minor - [OPTIONAL] - minor version of bcrypt to use. (default - b)cb - [OPTIONAL] - a callback to be fired once the salt has been generated. uses eio making it asynchronous. If cb is not specified, a Promise is returned if Promise support is available.
err - First parameter to the callback detailing any errors.salt - Second parameter to the callback providing the generated salt.hashSync(data, salt)
data - [REQUIRED] - the data to be encrypted.salt - [REQUIRED] - the salt to be used to hash the password. if specified as a number then a salt will be generated with the specified number of rounds and used (see example under Usage).hash(data, salt, cb)
data - [REQUIRED] - the data to be encrypted.salt - [REQUIRED] - the salt to be used to hash the password. if specified as a number then a salt will be generated with the specified number of rounds and used (see example under Usage).cb - [OPTIONAL] - a callback to be fired once the data has been encrypted. uses eio making it asynchronous. If cb is not specified, a Promise is returned if Promise support is available.
err - First parameter to the callback detailing any errors.encrypted - Second parameter to the callback providing the encrypted form.compareSync(data, encrypted)
data - [REQUIRED] - data to compare.encrypted - [REQUIRED] - data to be compared to.compare(data, encrypted, cb)
data - [REQUIRED] - data to compare.encrypted - [REQUIRED] - data to be compared to.cb - [OPTIONAL] - a callback to be fired once the data has been compared. uses eio making it asynchronous. If cb is not specified, a Promise is returned if Promise support is available.
err - First parameter to the callback detailing any errors.same - Second parameter to the callback providing whether the data and encrypted forms match [true | false].getRounds(encrypted) - return the number of rounds used to encrypt a given hash
encrypted - [REQUIRED] - hash from which the number of rounds used should be extracted.A note about the cost. When you are hashing your data the module will go through a series of rounds to give you a secure hash. The value you submit there is not just the number of rounds that the module will go through to hash your data. The module will use the value you enter and go through 2^rounds iterations of processing.
From @garthk, on a 2GHz core you can roughly expect:
rounds=8 : ~40 hashes/sec
rounds=9 : ~20 hashes/sec
rounds=10: ~10 hashes/sec
rounds=11: ~5 hashes/sec
rounds=12: 2-3 hashes/sec
rounds=13: ~1 sec/hash
rounds=14: ~1.5 sec/hash
rounds=15: ~3 sec/hash
rounds=25: ~1 hour/hash
rounds=31: 2-3 days/hash
The characters that comprise the resultant hash are ./ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789$.
Resultant hashes will be 60 characters long.
If you create a pull request, tests better pass :)
npm install
npm test
The code for this comes from a few sources:
Unless stated elsewhere, file headers or otherwise, the license as stated in the LICENSE file.
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A bcrypt library for NodeJS.
We found that @pake/bcrypt demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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