Originariamente inviato da _kime_
io intendevo proprio il metodo md5, ecc... per capirci
"...htpasswd encrypts passwords using either a version of MD5
modified for Apache, or the system's crypt() routine. Files
managed by htpasswd may contain both types of passwords;
some user records may have MD5-encrypted passwords while
others in the same file may have passwords encrypted with
crypt()..."


http://httpd.apache.org/docs/programs/htpasswd.html