Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

Generate Salt in Hex or Base64 Format

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Demonstrates how to generate a cryptographic salt value and get the result as hex or base64. Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

program ChilkatDemo;

// Demonstrates using the Chilkat Pascal wrapper via the C bridge DLL.
// Builds as a console application under Lazarus (FPC) or Delphi.

{$IFDEF FPC}
  {$MODE DELPHI}
{$ENDIF}
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  {$IFDEF UNIX}
  cthreads,
  {$ENDIF}
  SysUtils,
  CkDllLoader,
  Chilkat.Prng;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

procedure RunDemo;
var
  prng: TPrng;
  saltHex: string;
  saltBase64: string;

begin
  //  In cryptography, a salt is random data that is used as an additional input to a one-way function that "hashes" data, a password or passphrase.

  //  Let's say we want to generate a 16-byte salt value..
  prng := TPrng.Create;

  saltHex := prng.GenRandom(16,'hex');
  WriteLn('16-byte salt as hex: ' + saltHex);

  saltBase64 := prng.GenRandom(16,'base64');
  WriteLn('16-byte salt as base64: ' + saltBase64);


  prng.Free;

end;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

begin

  try
    RunDemo;
  except
    on E: Exception do
      WriteLn('Unhandled exception: ', E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
  end;

  WriteLn;
  {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}
  WriteLn('Press Enter to exit...');
  ReadLn;
  {$ENDIF}
end.