If you upgraded your phpbb install from 2.0 the password hashing function is different. I took this snippet from functions.php in phpbb (See: GitHub) this is the entire password checking and hashing functions with a little bit at the end to output a phpbb hashed password.
<?php
function _hash_encode64($input, $count, &$itoa64)
{
$output = '';
$i = 0;
do {
$value = ord($input[$i++]);
$output .= $itoa64[$value & 0x3f];
if ($i < $count) {
$value |= ord($input[$i]) << 8;
}
$output .= $itoa64[($value >> 6) & 0x3f];
if ($i++ >= $count) {
break;
}
if ($i < $count) {
$value |= ord($input[$i]) << 16;
}
$output .= $itoa64[($value >> 12) & 0x3f];
if ($i++ >= $count) {
break;
}
$output .= $itoa64[($value >> 18) & 0x3f];
} while ($i < $count);
return $output;
}
function _hash_crypt_private($password, $setting, &$itoa64)
{
$output = '*';
// Check for correct hash
if (substr($setting, 0, 3) != '$H$' && substr($setting, 0, 3) != '$P$') {
return $output;
}
$count_log2 = strpos($itoa64, $setting[3]);
if ($count_log2 < 7 || $count_log2 > 30) {
return $output;
}
$count = 1 << $count_log2;
$salt = substr($setting, 4, 8);
if (strlen($salt) != 8) {
return $output;
}
/**
* We're kind of forced to use MD5 here since it's the only
* cryptographic primitive available in all versions of PHP
* currently in use. To implement our own low-level crypto
* in PHP would result in much worse performance and
* consequently in lower iteration counts and hashes that are
* quicker to crack (by non-PHP code).
*/
$hash = md5($salt . $password, true);
do {
$hash = md5($hash . $password, true);
} while (--$count);
$output = substr($setting, 0, 12);
$output .= _hash_encode64($hash, 16, $itoa64);
return $output;
}
function phpbb_hash($password)
{
$itoa64 = './0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz';
$random_state = unique_id();
$random = '';
$count = 6;
if (($fh = @fopen('/dev/urandom', 'rb'))) {
$random = fread($fh, $count);
fclose($fh);
}
if (strlen($random) < $count) {
$random = '';
for ($i = 0; $i < $count; $i += 16) {
$random_state = md5(unique_id() . $random_state);
$random .= pack('H*', md5($random_state));
}
$random = substr($random, 0, $count);
}
$hash = _hash_crypt_private($password, _hash_gensalt_private($random, $itoa64), $itoa64);
if (strlen($hash) == 34) {
return $hash;
}
return md5($password);
}
/**
* * Generate salt for hash generation
* */
function _hash_gensalt_private($input, &$itoa64, $iteration_count_log2 = 6)
{
if ($iteration_count_log2 < 4 || $iteration_count_log2 > 31) {
$iteration_count_log2 = 8;
}
$output = '$H$';
$output .= $itoa64[min($iteration_count_log2 + 5, 30)];
$output .= _hash_encode64($input, 6, $itoa64);
return $output;
}
/**
* * Return unique id
* * @param string $extra additional entropy
* */
function unique_id($extra = 'c')
{
static $dss_seeded = false;
global $config;
$val = $config['rand_seed'] . microtime();
$val = md5($val);
$config['rand_seed'] = md5($config['rand_seed'] . $val . $extra);
return substr($val, 4, 16);
}
function phpbb_check_hash($password, $hash)
{
$itoa64 = './0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz';
if (strlen($hash) == 34) {
return(_hash_crypt_private($password, $hash, $itoa64) === $hash) ? true : false;
}
return(md5($password) === $hash) ? true : false;
}
$toHash = "";
if (!empty($argc) && $argc >= 2) {
$toHash = $argv[1];
}
$hashed = phpbb_hash("a");
//To Check: $checked2 = phpbb_check_hash("q1w2e3", '$H$9uAiKWrdcDomn7FEqujoPLYuBXvkzV0');
echo "Hashing password '" . $toHash . "'\n";
echo "Hash: " . $hashed . "\n";
echo "Hash (MD5): " . md5($toHash) . "\n";
?>
Important part here is that it isn't a straight MD5. I took the C# class from the link the OP provided and made this test class.
[TestFixture]
public class phpBBHashTestFixture
{
[Test]
public void TestCanVerifyPhpBBPassword()
{
var cryptoService = new phpBBCryptoServiceProvider();
Assert.That(cryptoService.phpbbCheckHash("a", "$H$9AE1X.4z5hqGj/RVdvzuYjxsJdMeFs."), Is.True);
Assert.That(cryptoService.phpbbCheckHash("q1w2e3", "$H$9uAiKWrdcDomn7FEqujoPLYuBXvkzV0"), Is.True);
}
}
This is a modified copy of the class in the OP question. This will check older passwords which were just an MD5 hash of the plaintext password without a salt and i also added in the prefix "$P$" to be allowed.
/// <summary>
/// Computes the phpBB/SubMD5 hash value for the input data using the implementation provided by http://openwall.com/phpass/ modified by http://www.phpbb.com/.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// Ported by Ryan Irecki
/// Website: http://www.digilitepc.net/
/// E-mail: [email protected]
/// </remarks>
public class phpBBCryptoServiceProvider
{
/// <summary>
/// The encryption string base.
/// </summary>
private string itoa64 = "./0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
/// <summary>
/// Compares the password string given with the hash retrieved from your database.
/// </summary>
/// <param name = "password">Plaintext password.</param>
/// <param name = "hash">Hash from a SQL database</param>
/// <returns>True if the password is correct, False otherwise.</returns>
public bool phpbbCheckHash(string password, string hash)
{
if (hash.Length == 34)
{
return (this.hashCryptPrivate(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(password), hash, this.itoa64) == hash);
}
return this.sMD5(password, false) == hash.ToUpper();
}
/// <summary>
/// This function will return the resulting hash from the password string you specify.
/// </summary>
/// <param name = "password">String to hash.</param>
/// <returns>Encrypted hash.</returns>
/// <remarks>
/// Although this will return the md5 for an older password, I have not added
/// support for older passwords, so they will not work with this class unless
/// I or someone else updates it.
/// </remarks>
public string phpbb_hash(string password)
{
// Generate a random string from a random number with the length of 6.
// You could use a static string instead, doesn't matter. E.g.
// byte[] random = ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetBytes("abc123");
var random = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(new Random().Next(100000, 999999).ToString());
var hash = this.hashCryptPrivate(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(password), this.hashGensaltPrivate(random, this.itoa64), this.itoa64);
if (hash.Length == 34)
{
return hash;
}
return this.sMD5(password);
}
/// <summary>
/// The workhorse that encrypts your hash.
/// </summary>
/// <param name = "password">String to be encrypted. Use: ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetBytes();</param>
/// <param name = "genSalt">Generated salt.</param>
/// <param name = "itoa64">The itoa64 string.</param>
/// <returns>The encrypted hash ready to be compared.</returns>
/// <remarks>
/// password: Saves conversion inside the function, lazy coding really.
/// genSalt: Returns from hashGensaltPrivate(random, itoa64);
/// return: Compare with phpbbCheckHash(password, hash)
/// </remarks>
private string hashCryptPrivate(byte[] password, string genSalt, string itoa64)
{
var output = "*";
var md5 = new MD5CryptoServiceProvider();
if (!(genSalt.StartsWith("$H$") || genSalt.StartsWith("$P$")))
{
return output;
}
// $count_log2 = strpos($itoa64, $setting[3]);
var count_log2 = itoa64.IndexOf(genSalt[3]);
if (count_log2 < 7 || count_log2 > 30)
{
return output;
}
var count = 1 << count_log2;
var salt = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(genSalt.Substring(4, 8));
if (salt.Length != 8)
{
return output;
}
var hash = md5.ComputeHash(this.Combine(salt, password));
do
{
hash = md5.ComputeHash(this.Combine(hash, password));
} while (count-- > 1);
output = genSalt.Substring(0, 12);
output += this.hashEncode64(hash, 16, itoa64);
return output;
}
/// <summary>
/// Private function to concat byte arrays.
/// </summary>
/// <param name = "b1">Source array.</param>
/// <param name = "b2">Array to add to the source array.</param>
/// <returns>Combined byte array.</returns>
private byte[] Combine(byte[] b1, byte[] b2)
{
var retVal = new byte[b1.Length + b2.Length];
Array.Copy(b1, 0, retVal, 0, b1.Length);
Array.Copy(b2, 0, retVal, b1.Length, b2.Length);
return retVal;
}
/// <summary>
/// Encode the hash.
/// </summary>
/// <param name = "input">The hash to encode.</param>
/// <param name = "count">[This parameter needs documentation].</param>
/// <param name = "itoa64">The itoa64 string.</param>
/// <returns>Encoded hash.</returns>
private string hashEncode64(byte[] input, int count, string itoa64)
{
var output = "";
var i = 0;
var value = 0;
do
{
value = input[i++];
output += itoa64[value & 0x3f];
if (i < count)
{
value |= input[i] << 8;
}
output += itoa64[(value >> 6) & 0x3f];
if (i++ >= count)
{
break;
}
if (i < count)
{
value |= input[i] << 16;
}
output += itoa64[(value >> 12) & 0x3f];
if (i++ >= count)
{
break;
}
output += itoa64[(value >> 18) & 0x3f];
} while (i < count);
return output;
}
/// <summary>
/// Generate salt for hash generation.
/// </summary>
/// <param name = "input">Any random information.</param>
/// <param name = "itoa64">The itoa64 string.</param>
/// <returns>Generated salt string</returns>
private string hashGensaltPrivate(byte[] input, string itoa64)
{
var iteration_count_log2 = 6;
var output = "$H$";
output += itoa64[Math.Min(iteration_count_log2 + 5, 30)];
output += this.hashEncode64(input, 6, itoa64);
return output;
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns a hexadecimal string representation for the encrypted MD5 parameter.
/// </summary>
/// <param name = "password">String to be encrypted.</param>
/// <returns>String</returns>
private string sMD5(string password)
{
return this.sMD5(password, false);
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns a hexadecimal string representation for the encrypted MD5 parameter.
/// </summary>
/// <param name = "password">String to be encrypted.</param>
/// <param name = "raw">Whether or not to produce a raw string.</param>
/// <returns>String</returns>
private string sMD5(string password, bool raw)
{
var md5 = new MD5CryptoServiceProvider();
if (raw)
{
return Encoding.ASCII.GetString(md5.ComputeHash(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(password)));
}
else
{
return BitConverter.ToString(md5.ComputeHash(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(password))).Replace("-", "");
}
}
}
