Security

Admin Password Hash Type

itinney
Path Finder

Anyone know which type of hash is applied to Splunk's admin password in >= version 4.2.2 (i.e. SHA-1, SHA-256)?

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rabilson
Engager

linux by default uses MD5 to hash the etc/shadow file.

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