bcrypt-password-hashing

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bcrypt-password-hashing

Store your password hash, not your password. Set your password hash and then check your password using bcrypt.

Documents and reference,

• The genesis for this example here

PREREQUISITES

go get -u -v golang.org/x/crypto/bcrypt

OVERVIEW

Teh beauty of this, your secret and personal password is never stored on the server.

• You first set it and it's hashed at the server
• When you use it, it's checked against that hash

This illustration may help,

RUN

go run bcrypt-password-hashing

Now go into the code and change passwordEntered and note it's invalid.