security

Documentation

Index

• func CheckPasswordsMatch(hashedPassword, currPassword string, salt []byte) bool
• func GenerateRandomSalt() []byte
• func HashPassword(password string, salt []byte) string

Functions

func CheckPasswordsMatch

func CheckPasswordsMatch(hashedPassword, currPassword string,
	salt []byte) bool

Check if two passwords match

func GenerateRandomSalt

func GenerateRandomSalt() []byte

Generate 16 bytes randomly and securely using the Cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator (CSPRNG) in the crypto.rand package

func HashPassword

func HashPassword(password string, salt []byte) string

Combine password and salt then hash them using the SHA-512 hashing algorithm and then return the hashed password as a base64 encoded string