diff --git a/api/api.backend.php b/api/api.backend.php
index effecfa..7862697 100644
--- a/api/api.backend.php
+++ b/api/api.backend.php
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ function checkRemoteFile($ip=null){
     return false;
 }
 
+include('hashpass.php');
+
 class api{
 	require_once('dbsettings.php');
 
diff --git a/api/hashpass.php b/api/hashpass.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b5c48f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/hashpass.php
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?php
+/* HashPass() function takes $plaintext, $salt and $i (number of iterations) as inputs and outputs $hashpass - $salt and $i are optional
+* Copyright David Todd (C) 2012 
+* http://www.unps-gama.info
+* This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. 
+* To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
+* If no $salt provided, generate large int and output $hashpass and $salt
+* If no $i (number of iterations) provided, go through once and return - not as secure as using iterations, but chances are low it will get cracked easily
+* If no $plaintext provided, die with error message saved to error variable
+*/
+
+function hashpass($plaintext, $salt, $i){
+	if($plaintext == null) die("No password given"); // Die with error
+	$plaintext = hash("sha1", $plaintext); // First step - get plaintext sha1
+	if($salt == null || $salt == ''){
+		$salt =  mt_rand(10000, 20000); // Generate random number between 1000 and 20000
+		$salt = hash("sha1", $salt); // Get sha1 hash of random number
+		$salt = $salt.mt_rand(5000, 80000); // Append new random number between 5000 and 80000 to md5 salt
+		$salt = hash("sha256", $salt); // Take a sha256 hash of new salt and done with salt generation
+	}
+	if($i == null || $i == ''){
+		$plaintext = hash("sha256", $plaintext.$salt); // Take first sha256 hash of $plaintext+$salt (64 bits)
+		$plaintext = hash("sha1", $salt.$plaintext.$salt); // Take sha1 of salt+plaintext+salt (32 bits)
+		$plaintext = hash("sha512", $salt.$plaintext.$salt.$salt.$plaintext.$salt); // Take sha512 of this (128bits)
+		$hashpass = hash("sha256", $plaintext); // final hash is sha256 of the sha512 above (back down to 64bits)
+		return $hashpass."/".$salt; // Give calling script the hashed password and salt, seperate strings with "/" to be exploded into array later
+	}else{
+		$il = '';
+		while($il < $i && $il <= 50){
+			$plaintext = hash("sha256", $plaintext.$salt); // Take first sha256 hash of $plaintext+$salt (64 bits)
+			$plaintext = hash("sha1", $salt.$plaintext.$salt); // Take sha1 of salt+plaintext+salt (32 bits)
+			$plaintext = hash("sha512", $salt.$plaintext.$salt.$salt.$plaintext.$salt); // Take sha512 of this (128bits)
+			$il++;
+			//echo "Iteration: $il Password: $plaintext\r\n";
+		}
+		$hashpass = hash("sha256", $plaintext); // final hash is sha256 of the sha512 above (back down to 64bits)
+		return $hashpass."/".$salt; // Give calling script the hashed password and salt, seperate strings with "/" to be exploded into array later
+	}
+}
+?>
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