can you add "plain" passwords file support for htpass files?

[elico]

can you add "plain" passwords file support for htpass files?
There are two implementations for that one.
The nginx version which uses ":{PLAIN}" as a separator between the user and the password.
The apache version which uses the first ":" as a separator between the user and the password.
I have seen examples of it at:
http://aspirine.org/htpasswd_en.html

[abbot]

I'm not sure it's possible to reliably distinguish "plain" password from DES-crypted password for a generic enough solution to be included into this library. But nothing should stop you from implementing a SecretProvider which suites your specific file formats.

[elico]

@abbot OK. I will see if I need it later.
But one thing that I was unsure about was the limit of the encrypted password.
I found out that in couple cases it was weird that there is a limit to it.