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diff --git a/docs/lib/passlib.hash.oracle11.rst b/docs/lib/passlib.hash.oracle11.rst index 68f21c6..943c08b 100644 --- a/docs/lib/passlib.hash.oracle11.rst +++ b/docs/lib/passlib.hash.oracle11.rst @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ This class can be can be used directly as follows:: This implementation has not been compared very carefully against the official implementation or reference documentation, - and it's behavior may not match under various border cases. + and its behavior may not match under various border cases. *caveat emptor*. Interface @@ -44,17 +44,17 @@ An oracle11 hash string has the format :samp:`S:{checksum}{salt}`, where: * ``S:`` is the prefix used to identify oracle11 hashes (as distinct from oracle10 hashes, which have no constant prefix). -* :samp:`{checksum}` is 40 hexidecimal characters; +* :samp:`{checksum}` is 40 hexadecimal characters; encoding a 160-bit checksum. (``4143053633E59B4992A8EA17D2FF542C9EDEB335`` in the example) -* :samp:`{salt}` is 20 hexidecimal characters; +* :samp:`{salt}` is 20 hexadecimal characters; providing a 80-bit salt (``C886EED9C80450C1B4E6`` in the example). The Oracle 11 hash has a very simple algorithm: The salt is decoded -from it's hexidecimal representation into binary, and the SHA-1 digest -of :samp:`{password}{raw_salt}` is then encoded into hexidecimal, and returned as the checksum. +from its hexadecimal representation into binary, and the SHA-1 digest +of :samp:`{password}{raw_salt}` is then encoded into hexadecimal, and returned as the checksum. Deviations ========== |