Password Hashing with MD5 module in Node.js
MD5 module in node.js uses a message-digest algorithm and it is a widely used hash function producing a 128-bit hash value. Password hashing is an important concept because, in the database, the actual password should not be stored as its a bad practice and also make the system less secure, so the password is stored in hashed form into the database which makes the system more secured.
Introduction:
- It’s easy to get started and easy to use.
- It is widely used and popular module for hashing password.
- It produces a 128-bit hash value.
Installation of MD5 module:
- You can visit the link Install MD5 module. You can install this package by using the following command.
npm install md5
- After installing multer you can check your md5 version in command prompt using the command.
npm version md5
- After that, you can create a folder and add a file for example index.js, To run this file you need to run the following command.
node index.js
- Requiring module: You need to include md5 module in your file by using these lines.
var md5 = require('md5');
Filename: index.js
const md5 = require( 'md5' ) var password = 'Beginner123' console.log( 'Normal password : ' , password) console.log( 'Hashed password : ' , md5(password)) |
Steps to run the program:
- The project structure will look like this:
- Make sure you have install md5 module using following commands:
npm install md5
- Run index.js file using below command:
node index.js
So this is how you can hash password in node js using MD5 module. There are other modules in the market for hashing like Bcrypt, Crypto, etc.