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[backport#14741] doc: Indicate -rpcauth option password hashing alg

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[backport#14741] doc: Indicate -rpcauth option password hashing alg

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dcb70b152292a8df9fe834bacdf231ea848819b1 Indicate -rpcauth option password hashing alg (Carl Dong)

Pull request description:

By indicating the password hashing algorithm, users of bitcoin distributions without the script in `share/rpcauth` and users who don't want to rely on said script can use alternative means to generate the password hash.

Question for reviewers: perhaps we should also indicate that it is specifically a HMAC-SHA-256 of the _**UTF-8**_ encoding of their password?

Backport of Core PR14741

Test Plan:

ninja

Reviewers: #bitcoin_abc, jasonbcox

Reviewed By: #bitcoin_abc, jasonbcox

Differential Revision: https://reviews.bitcoinabc.org/D8131

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Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com>Authored on Oct 26 2020, 23:03
majcostaCommitted on Oct 26 2020, 23:03
abc-botPushed on Oct 26 2020, 23:07
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D8131: [backport#14741] doc: Indicate -rpcauth option password hashing alg
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rABC306b06263e31: [backport#14790] Tests: Allow running rpc_bind.py --nonloopback test without…
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