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		nailer on June 6, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: LeakedIn I think it'd be best to provide people with a simple way to generate their hash with a well-known tool they already trust - eg, an openssl command.

cschmidt on June 6, 2012 [–]

For the record, on a Mac, save your password in a text file called password, without a return at the end of the line. Then:

openssl dgst -sha1 password

will give you the hash you need. Mine has been leaked but not cracked, according to this site :-(.

Hoff on June 6, 2012 | [–]

Or...

   echo -n "password" | openssl dgst -sha1

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