daydreamer
daydreamer

Reputation: 91949

Is there any built-in function to generate MD5 of string in JavaScript/jQuery?

I am designing a login page as

<div id="body">
    <form class="form-horizontal">
        <div class="control-group">
            <label class="control-label" for="inputUser">Email</label>

            <div class="controls">
                <input type="text" id="inputUser" placeholder="Username">
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="control-group">
            <label class="control-label" for="inputPassword">Password</label>

            <div class="controls">
                <input type="text" id="inputPassword" placeholder="Password">
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="control-group">
            <div class="controls">
                <button id="login_button" type="submit" class="btn btn-success">Sign In</button>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="control-group">
            <div class="controls">
                <div id="login_status"></div>
            </div>
        </div>

    </form>
</div>

I am using Backbone.js with jQuery to interact with server.

I want to do MD5 hash of the password before sending it to server, is there any built-in function provided by Javascript or jQuery?

Upvotes: 9

Views: 21554

Answers (4)

Siamak Motlagh
Siamak Motlagh

Reputation: 5136

You can use this function: Follow the link:
MD5 function in javascript

Upvotes: 4

Emre
Emre

Reputation: 1265

The purpose of hashing the password before verifying is: you store only the hash of the password on your server; when someone gives you a password, you hash it and compare that hashed value against the hash you previously saved. If the password is was valid, the hashes will match. Using this method you get two benefits:

  1. You don't store the user's password so it's safer for the users. The password is plain text until it is hashed on the server side, but it's safe if you have in-transit encryption and your servers aren't compromised.
  2. If someone steals your list of hashes they will still not be able to login because they don't know the actual passwords that generate those hashes (unless it can be easily looked up in rainbow tables).

If your user-interface is sending only the hash to the server, you completely negate the second benefit since anyone who knows the hashes can pretend to be anyone else by just giving the hash to you. If you are concerned about sending plain-text password from client to server because you don't have in-transit encryption, then you are even worse off because the everyone can see the hashed password that you're sending, and send that same hashed password to your server to pretend to be that login.

As for the MD5 function in Javascript, there's CryptoJS library which works well, already mentioned in StackOverflow: fastest MD5 Implementation in JavaScript

Upvotes: -1

mekwall
mekwall

Reputation: 28974

Short answer: Nope.

Long answer: Passwords should never be sent over an unencrypted channel, hashed or not. It's just not secure enough. You should look at implementing login over SSL/TLS instead.

Another solution is to implement login using a third-party, such as Facebook, Github, Google or other OAuth provider.

But if you have no choice, a hashed password is better than sending it in clear text. If so I recommend using the crypto-js md5 implementation.

Upvotes: -1

Nikita Platonenko
Nikita Platonenko

Reputation: 702

there is no native functions, but u can use this function for md5 convert on client - side original by: Webtoolkit.info (http://www.webtoolkit.info/)

function md5 ( str ) {

    var RotateLeft = function(lValue, iShiftBits) {
            return (lValue<<iShiftBits) | (lValue>>>(32-iShiftBits));
        };

    var AddUnsigned = function(lX,lY) {
            var lX4,lY4,lX8,lY8,lResult;
            lX8 = (lX & 0x80000000);
            lY8 = (lY & 0x80000000);
            lX4 = (lX & 0x40000000);
            lY4 = (lY & 0x40000000);
            lResult = (lX & 0x3FFFFFFF)+(lY & 0x3FFFFFFF);
            if (lX4 & lY4) {
                return (lResult ^ 0x80000000 ^ lX8 ^ lY8);
            }
            if (lX4 | lY4) {
                if (lResult & 0x40000000) {
                    return (lResult ^ 0xC0000000 ^ lX8 ^ lY8);
                } else {
                    return (lResult ^ 0x40000000 ^ lX8 ^ lY8);
                }
            } else {
                return (lResult ^ lX8 ^ lY8);
            }
        };

    var F = function(x,y,z) { return (x & y) | ((~x) & z); };
    var G = function(x,y,z) { return (x & z) | (y & (~z)); };
    var H = function(x,y,z) { return (x ^ y ^ z); };
    var I = function(x,y,z) { return (y ^ (x | (~z))); };

    var FF = function(a,b,c,d,x,s,ac) {
            a = AddUnsigned(a, AddUnsigned(AddUnsigned(F(b, c, d), x), ac));
            return AddUnsigned(RotateLeft(a, s), b);
        };

    var GG = function(a,b,c,d,x,s,ac) {
            a = AddUnsigned(a, AddUnsigned(AddUnsigned(G(b, c, d), x), ac));
            return AddUnsigned(RotateLeft(a, s), b);
        };

    var HH = function(a,b,c,d,x,s,ac) {
            a = AddUnsigned(a, AddUnsigned(AddUnsigned(H(b, c, d), x), ac));
            return AddUnsigned(RotateLeft(a, s), b);
        };

    var II = function(a,b,c,d,x,s,ac) {
            a = AddUnsigned(a, AddUnsigned(AddUnsigned(I(b, c, d), x), ac));
            return AddUnsigned(RotateLeft(a, s), b);
        };

    var ConvertToWordArray = function(str) {
            var lWordCount;
            var lMessageLength = str.length;
            var lNumberOfWords_temp1=lMessageLength + 8;
            var lNumberOfWords_temp2=(lNumberOfWords_temp1-(lNumberOfWords_temp1 % 64))/64;
            var lNumberOfWords = (lNumberOfWords_temp2+1)*16;
            var lWordArray=Array(lNumberOfWords-1);
            var lBytePosition = 0;
            var lByteCount = 0;
            while ( lByteCount < lMessageLength ) {
                lWordCount = (lByteCount-(lByteCount % 4))/4;
                lBytePosition = (lByteCount % 4)*8;
                lWordArray[lWordCount] = (lWordArray[lWordCount] | (str.charCodeAt(lByteCount)<<lBytePosition));
                lByteCount++;
            }
            lWordCount = (lByteCount-(lByteCount % 4))/4;
            lBytePosition = (lByteCount % 4)*8;
            lWordArray[lWordCount] = lWordArray[lWordCount] | (0x80<<lBytePosition);
            lWordArray[lNumberOfWords-2] = lMessageLength<<3;
            lWordArray[lNumberOfWords-1] = lMessageLength>>>29;
            return lWordArray;
        };

    var WordToHex = function(lValue) {
            var WordToHexValue="",WordToHexValue_temp="",lByte,lCount;
            for (lCount = 0;lCount<=3;lCount++) {
                lByte = (lValue>>>(lCount*8)) & 255;
                WordToHexValue_temp = "0" + lByte.toString(16);
                WordToHexValue = WordToHexValue + WordToHexValue_temp.substr(WordToHexValue_temp.length-2,2);
            }
            return WordToHexValue;
        };

    var x=Array();
    var k,AA,BB,CC,DD,a,b,c,d;
    var S11=7, S12=12, S13=17, S14=22;
    var S21=5, S22=9 , S23=14, S24=20;
    var S31=4, S32=11, S33=16, S34=23;
    var S41=6, S42=10, S43=15, S44=21;

    str = this.utf8_encode(str);
    x = ConvertToWordArray(str);
    a = 0x67452301; b = 0xEFCDAB89; c = 0x98BADCFE; d = 0x10325476;

    for (k=0;k<x.length;k+=16) {
        AA=a; BB=b; CC=c; DD=d;
        a=FF(a,b,c,d,x[k+0], S11,0xD76AA478);
        d=FF(d,a,b,c,x[k+1], S12,0xE8C7B756);
        c=FF(c,d,a,b,x[k+2], S13,0x242070DB);
        b=FF(b,c,d,a,x[k+3], S14,0xC1BDCEEE);
        a=FF(a,b,c,d,x[k+4], S11,0xF57C0FAF);
        d=FF(d,a,b,c,x[k+5], S12,0x4787C62A);
        c=FF(c,d,a,b,x[k+6], S13,0xA8304613);
        b=FF(b,c,d,a,x[k+7], S14,0xFD469501);
        a=FF(a,b,c,d,x[k+8], S11,0x698098D8);
        d=FF(d,a,b,c,x[k+9], S12,0x8B44F7AF);
        c=FF(c,d,a,b,x[k+10],S13,0xFFFF5BB1);
        b=FF(b,c,d,a,x[k+11],S14,0x895CD7BE);
        a=FF(a,b,c,d,x[k+12],S11,0x6B901122);
        d=FF(d,a,b,c,x[k+13],S12,0xFD987193);
        c=FF(c,d,a,b,x[k+14],S13,0xA679438E);
        b=FF(b,c,d,a,x[k+15],S14,0x49B40821);
        a=GG(a,b,c,d,x[k+1], S21,0xF61E2562);
        d=GG(d,a,b,c,x[k+6], S22,0xC040B340);
        c=GG(c,d,a,b,x[k+11],S23,0x265E5A51);
        b=GG(b,c,d,a,x[k+0], S24,0xE9B6C7AA);
        a=GG(a,b,c,d,x[k+5], S21,0xD62F105D);
        d=GG(d,a,b,c,x[k+10],S22,0x2441453);
        c=GG(c,d,a,b,x[k+15],S23,0xD8A1E681);
        b=GG(b,c,d,a,x[k+4], S24,0xE7D3FBC8);
        a=GG(a,b,c,d,x[k+9], S21,0x21E1CDE6);
        d=GG(d,a,b,c,x[k+14],S22,0xC33707D6);
        c=GG(c,d,a,b,x[k+3], S23,0xF4D50D87);
        b=GG(b,c,d,a,x[k+8], S24,0x455A14ED);
        a=GG(a,b,c,d,x[k+13],S21,0xA9E3E905);
        d=GG(d,a,b,c,x[k+2], S22,0xFCEFA3F8);
        c=GG(c,d,a,b,x[k+7], S23,0x676F02D9);
        b=GG(b,c,d,a,x[k+12],S24,0x8D2A4C8A);
        a=HH(a,b,c,d,x[k+5], S31,0xFFFA3942);
        d=HH(d,a,b,c,x[k+8], S32,0x8771F681);
        c=HH(c,d,a,b,x[k+11],S33,0x6D9D6122);
        b=HH(b,c,d,a,x[k+14],S34,0xFDE5380C);
        a=HH(a,b,c,d,x[k+1], S31,0xA4BEEA44);
        d=HH(d,a,b,c,x[k+4], S32,0x4BDECFA9);
        c=HH(c,d,a,b,x[k+7], S33,0xF6BB4B60);
        b=HH(b,c,d,a,x[k+10],S34,0xBEBFBC70);
        a=HH(a,b,c,d,x[k+13],S31,0x289B7EC6);
        d=HH(d,a,b,c,x[k+0], S32,0xEAA127FA);
        c=HH(c,d,a,b,x[k+3], S33,0xD4EF3085);
        b=HH(b,c,d,a,x[k+6], S34,0x4881D05);
        a=HH(a,b,c,d,x[k+9], S31,0xD9D4D039);
        d=HH(d,a,b,c,x[k+12],S32,0xE6DB99E5);
        c=HH(c,d,a,b,x[k+15],S33,0x1FA27CF8);
        b=HH(b,c,d,a,x[k+2], S34,0xC4AC5665);
        a=II(a,b,c,d,x[k+0], S41,0xF4292244);
        d=II(d,a,b,c,x[k+7], S42,0x432AFF97);
        c=II(c,d,a,b,x[k+14],S43,0xAB9423A7);
        b=II(b,c,d,a,x[k+5], S44,0xFC93A039);
        a=II(a,b,c,d,x[k+12],S41,0x655B59C3);
        d=II(d,a,b,c,x[k+3], S42,0x8F0CCC92);
        c=II(c,d,a,b,x[k+10],S43,0xFFEFF47D);
        b=II(b,c,d,a,x[k+1], S44,0x85845DD1);
        a=II(a,b,c,d,x[k+8], S41,0x6FA87E4F);
        d=II(d,a,b,c,x[k+15],S42,0xFE2CE6E0);
        c=II(c,d,a,b,x[k+6], S43,0xA3014314);
        b=II(b,c,d,a,x[k+13],S44,0x4E0811A1);
        a=II(a,b,c,d,x[k+4], S41,0xF7537E82);
        d=II(d,a,b,c,x[k+11],S42,0xBD3AF235);
        c=II(c,d,a,b,x[k+2], S43,0x2AD7D2BB);
        b=II(b,c,d,a,x[k+9], S44,0xEB86D391);
        a=AddUnsigned(a,AA);
        b=AddUnsigned(b,BB);
        c=AddUnsigned(c,CC);
        d=AddUnsigned(d,DD);
    }

    var temp = WordToHex(a)+WordToHex(b)+WordToHex(c)+WordToHex(d);

    return temp.toLowerCase();
}

Upvotes: 6

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