simple bcrypt library for C

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I'm looking for a simple to use cross-platform bcrypt library for C. I've searched around a couple places but nothing seems to compares to the ease of use of: http://bcrypt.codeplex.com/SourceControl/changeset/view/1eef0262901c#BCrypt.Net.Test%2fTestBCrypt.cs Why are all the C implementations of this a nightmare compared to this .NET lib? Basically 2 functions is what I'm looking for. 1) Generate salt (return a string) 2) Hash string using a given salt & pw (return a string)

Accepted Answer

Your C options for bcrypt seem to be:

In OpenBSD: https://github.com/openbsd/src/blob/master/lib/libc/crypt/bcrypt.c

In OpenWall: http://openwall.com/crypt/

The C implementations seem to be pretty straightforward to use. The OpenBSD version looks like this:

```
char *bcrypt(const char *key, const char *salt);

char *bcrypt_gensalt(u_int8_t log_rounds);
```

P.S. Consider scrypt for new code, if you are not restricted to using bcrypt only due to backward compatibility,

simple bcrypt library for C

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