class BCrypt::Password

A password management class which allows you to safely store users' passwords and compare them.

Example usage:

include BCrypt

# hash a user's password  
@password = Password.create("my grand secret")
@password #=> "$2a$10$GtKs1Kbsig8ULHZzO1h2TetZfhO4Fmlxphp8bVKnUlZCBYYClPohG"

# store it safely
@user.update_attribute(:password, @password)

# read it back
@user.reload!
@db_password = Password.new(@user.password)

# compare it after retrieval
@db_password == "my grand secret" #=> true
@db_password == "a paltry guess"  #=> false

Attributes

checksum[R]

The hash portion of the stored password hash.

cost[R]

The cost factor used to create the hash.

salt[R]

The salt of the store password hash (including version and cost).

version[R]

The version of the bcrypt() algorithm used to create the hash.

Public Class Methods

create(secret, options = { :cost => BCrypt::Engine::DEFAULT_COST }) click to toggle source

Hashes a secret, returning a BCrypt::Password instance. Takes an optional :cost option, which is a logarithmic variable which determines how computational expensive the hash is to calculate (a :cost of 4 is twice as much work as a :cost of 3). The higher the :cost the harder it becomes for attackers to try to guess passwords (even if a copy of your database is stolen), but the slower it is to check users' passwords.

Example:

@password = BCrypt::Password.create("my secret", :cost => 13)
# File lib/bcrypt.rb, line 159
def create(secret, options = { :cost => BCrypt::Engine::DEFAULT_COST })
  raise ArgumentError if options[:cost] > 31
  Password.new(BCrypt::Engine.hash_secret(secret, BCrypt::Engine.generate_salt(options[:cost]), options[:cost]))
end
new(raw_hash) click to toggle source

Initializes a BCrypt::Password instance with the data from a stored hash.

# File lib/bcrypt.rb, line 166
def initialize(raw_hash)
  if valid_hash?(raw_hash)
    self.replace(raw_hash)
    @version, @cost, @salt, @checksum = split_hash(self)
  else
    raise Errors::InvalidHash.new("invalid hash")
  end
end

Public Instance Methods

==(secret) click to toggle source

Compares a potential secret against the hash. Returns true if the secret is the original secret, false otherwise.

# File lib/bcrypt.rb, line 176
def ==(secret)
  super(BCrypt::Engine.hash_secret(secret, @salt))
end
Also aliased as: is_password?
is_password?(secret) click to toggle source
Alias for: ==