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diff --git a/docs/lib/passlib.hash.sha256_crypt.rst b/docs/lib/passlib.hash.sha256_crypt.rst index 907ce7a..8d3e950 100644 --- a/docs/lib/passlib.hash.sha256_crypt.rst +++ b/docs/lib/passlib.hash.sha256_crypt.rst @@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ An sha256-crypt hash string has the format :samp:`$5$rounds={rounds}${salt}${che * :samp:`{checksum}` is 43 characters drawn from the same set, encoding a 256-bit checksum (``cKhJImk5mfuSKV9b3mumNzlbstFUplKtQXXMo4G6Ep5`` in the example). -There is also an alternate format :samp:`$5${salt}${checksum}`, -which can be used when the rounds parameter is equal to 5000 -(see the ``implicit_rounds`` parameter above). +The official implementation allows omitting the ``rounds`` section when it's set to 5000, +resulting in an alternate hash format: :samp:`$5${salt}${checksum}`. +(Passlib supports this via the ``implicit_rounds`` constructor parameter). The algorithm used by SHA256-Crypt is laid out in detail in the specification document linked to below [#f1]_. |