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title: User Password Hash Algorithm Settings
slug: singleconnect-reference-guide-3-1-0/user-password-hash-algorithm-settings
description: Learn about different password encoding options like MD5, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512, and NTLM. Find step-by-step instructions to set the password hash algorithm in the system configuration and enhance user password security.
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createdAt: 2022-07-25T08:30:22.000Z
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Multi-hash options are available to encode user passwords, such as:
•	MD5(default)
•	SHA256
•	SHA384
•	SHA512
•	NTLM
To set the user’s password hash algorithm:

1. Navigate to **Administration **>** System Config Man**.
2. Set the **aioc.user.password.algorithm **parameter value with the preferred algorithm.

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