.PP
.I salt
is a two-character string chosen from the set
-[\fBa\fP\(en\fBzA\fP\(en\fBZ0\fP\(en\fB9./\fP].
+[\fBa\-zA\-Z0\-9./\fP].
This string is used to
perturb the algorithm in one of 4096 different ways.
.PP
.TE
The characters in "\fIsalt\fP" and "\fIencrypted\fP" are drawn from the set
-[\fBa\fP\(en\fBzA\fP\(en\fBZ0\fP\(en\fB9./\fP].
+[\fBa\-zA\-Z0\-9./\fP].
In the MD5 and SHA implementations the entire
.I key
is significant (instead of only the first
.BR encrypt (3),
.BR getpass (3),
.BR passwd (5)
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