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Start your free trialCarlos Federico Puebla Larregle
21,074 PointsUsing the "generate_password_hash()" function
Hello, I was using the "generate_password_hash()" in my computer's shell or terminal (my operating system is an Ubuntu 14.04) and the encrypted version of my password that I'm trying doesn't starts with: '$2a$ - it starts with: b'$2b$ I don't know if that is totally normal.
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Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 PointsFrom bcrypt - Wikipedia: The prefix "$2a$" or "$2b$" (or "$2y$") in a hash string in a shadow password file indicates that hash string is a bcrypt hash in modular crypt format
Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
21,074 PointsCarlos Federico Puebla Larregle
21,074 PointsThank you very much Chris!