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Ioannis Kakavas 65d4f27873
[DOCS] Add configurable password hashing docs (#32849)
* [DOCS] Add configurable password hashing docs

Adds documentation about the newly introduced configuration option
for setting the password hashing algorithm to be used for the users
cache and for storing credentials for the native and file realm.
2018-08-21 12:05:42 +03:00

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[[hashing-settings]]
==== User cache and password hash algorithms
Certain realms store user credentials in memory. To limit exposure
to credential theft and mitigate credential compromise, the cache only stores
a hashed version of the user credentials in memory. By default, the user cache
is hashed with a salted `sha-256` hash algorithm. You can use a different
hashing algorithm by setting the `cache.hash_algo` realm settings to any of the
following values:
[[cache-hash-algo]]
.Cache hash algorithms
|=======================
| Algorithm | | | Description
| `ssha256` | | | Uses a salted `sha-256` algorithm (default).
| `md5` | | | Uses `MD5` algorithm.
| `sha1` | | | Uses `SHA1` algorithm.
| `bcrypt` | | | Uses `bcrypt` algorithm with salt generated in 1024 rounds.
| `bcrypt4` | | | Uses `bcrypt` algorithm with salt generated in 16 rounds.
| `bcrypt5` | | | Uses `bcrypt` algorithm with salt generated in 32 rounds.
| `bcrypt6` | | | Uses `bcrypt` algorithm with salt generated in 64 rounds.
| `bcrypt7` | | | Uses `bcrypt` algorithm with salt generated in 128 rounds.
| `bcrypt8` | | | Uses `bcrypt` algorithm with salt generated in 256 rounds.
| `bcrypt9` | | | Uses `bcrypt` algorithm with salt generated in 512 rounds.
| `pbkdf2` | | | Uses `PBKDF2` key derivation function with `HMAC-SHA512` as a
pseudorandom function using 10000 iterations.
| `pbkdf2_1000` | | | Uses `PBKDF2` key derivation function with `HMAC-SHA512` as a
pseudorandom function using 1000 iterations.
| `pbkdf2_10000` | | | Uses `PBKDF2` key derivation function with `HMAC-SHA512` as a
pseudorandom function using 10000 iterations.
| `pbkdf2_50000` | | | Uses `PBKDF2` key derivation function with `HMAC-SHA512` as a
pseudorandom function using 50000 iterations.
| `pbkdf2_100000` | | | Uses `PBKDF2` key derivation function with `HMAC-SHA512` as a
pseudorandom function using 100000 iterations.
| `pbkdf2_500000` | | | Uses `PBKDF2` key derivation function with `HMAC-SHA512` as a
pseudorandom function using 500000 iterations.
| `pbkdf2_1000000` | | | Uses `PBKDF2` key derivation function with `HMAC-SHA512` as a
pseudorandom function using 1000000 iterations.
| `noop`,`clear_text` | | | Doesn't hash the credentials and keeps it in clear text in
memory. CAUTION: keeping clear text is considered insecure
and can be compromised at the OS level (for example through
memory dumps and using `ptrace`).
|=======================
Likewise, realms that store passwords hash them using cryptographically strong
and password-specific salt values. You can configure the algorithm for password
hashing by setting the `xpack.security.authc.password_hashing.algorithm` setting
to one of the following:
[[password-hashing-algorithms]]
.Password hashing algorithms
|=======================
| Algorithm | | | Description
| `bcrypt` | | | Uses `bcrypt` algorithm with salt generated in 1024 rounds. (default)
| `bcrypt4` | | | Uses `bcrypt` algorithm with salt generated in 16 rounds.
| `bcrypt5` | | | Uses `bcrypt` algorithm with salt generated in 32 rounds.
| `bcrypt6` | | | Uses `bcrypt` algorithm with salt generated in 64 rounds.
| `bcrypt7` | | | Uses `bcrypt` algorithm with salt generated in 128 rounds.
| `bcrypt8` | | | Uses `bcrypt` algorithm with salt generated in 256 rounds.
| `bcrypt9` | | | Uses `bcrypt` algorithm with salt generated in 512 rounds.
| `bcrypt10` | | | Uses `bcrypt` algorithm with salt generated in 1024 rounds.
| `bcrypt11` | | | Uses `bcrypt` algorithm with salt generated in 2048 rounds.
| `bcrypt12` | | | Uses `bcrypt` algorithm with salt generated in 4096 rounds.
| `bcrypt13` | | | Uses `bcrypt` algorithm with salt generated in 8192 rounds.
| `bcrypt14` | | | Uses `bcrypt` algorithm with salt generated in 16384 rounds.
| `pbkdf2` | | | Uses `PBKDF2` key derivation function with `HMAC-SHA512` as a
pseudorandom function using 10000 iterations.
| `pbkdf2_1000` | | | Uses `PBKDF2` key derivation function with `HMAC-SHA512` as a
pseudorandom function using 1000 iterations.
| `pbkdf2_10000` | | | Uses `PBKDF2` key derivation function with `HMAC-SHA512` as a
pseudorandom function using 10000 iterations.
| `pbkdf2_50000` | | | Uses `PBKDF2` key derivation function with `HMAC-SHA512` as a
pseudorandom function using 50000 iterations.
| `pbkdf2_100000` | | | Uses `PBKDF2` key derivation function with `HMAC-SHA512` as a
pseudorandom function using 100000 iterations.
| `pbkdf2_500000` | | | Uses `PBKDF2` key derivation function with `HMAC-SHA512` as a
pseudorandom function using 500000 iterations.
| `pbkdf2_1000000` | | | Uses `PBKDF2` key derivation function with `HMAC-SHA512` as a
pseudorandom function using 1000000 iterations.
|=======================