diff --git a/src/coremods/core_oper.rs b/src/coremods/core_oper.rs
index 015af98..10b159a 100644
--- a/src/coremods/core_oper.rs
+++ b/src/coremods/core_oper.rs
@@ -121,7 +121,10 @@ impl Command for Oper {
     }
     fn handle(&self, s: &mut Server, uid: Uid, params: &[String]) -> CmdResult {
         let (name, pass) = (&params[0], &params[1]);
-        if s.opers.iter().any(|(n, p)| n == name && p == pass) {
+        if s.opers
+            .iter()
+            .any(|(n, p)| n == name && crate::modules::password_hash::verify(p, pass))
+        {
             s.oper_up(uid);
             CmdResult::Ok
         } else {
diff --git a/src/modules/hashident.rs b/src/modules/hashident.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1315d09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/hashident.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+//! hashident — replace a user's ident with a stable, opaque 12-character token
+//! derived from their IP, so the username field leaks nothing (no `~guest`, no
+//! probed identd name) yet stays constant per address. reverse's own module.
+//!
+//! The token is the first 6 bytes of `HMAC-SHA256(hashident_key, ip)`, hex-encoded
+//! (12 chars). Off unless `hashident = yes` and a `hashident_key` secret is set —
+//! without the key it does nothing (the key is what makes the mapping unforgeable).
+//! Applied once, right after the user finishes connecting; all config-driven.
+
+use openssl::hash::MessageDigest;
+use openssl::pkey::PKey;
+use openssl::sign::Signer;
+
+use crate::module::Module;
+use crate::server::Server;
+use crate::Uid;
+
+/// `HMAC-SHA256(key, data)` via OpenSSL, or `None` on any OpenSSL error.
+fn hmac_sha256(key: &[u8], data: &[u8]) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
+    let pkey = PKey::hmac(key).ok()?;
+    let mut signer = Signer::new(MessageDigest::sha256(), &pkey).ok()?;
+    signer.update(data).ok()?;
+    signer.sign_to_vec().ok()
+}
+
+/// The 12-char hashed ident for `ip` under `key`, or `None` if HMAC fails.
+fn hashed_ident(key: &str, ip: &str) -> Option<String> {
+    let mac = hmac_sha256(key.as_bytes(), ip.as_bytes())?;
+    let mut out = String::with_capacity(12);
+    for b in mac.iter().take(6) {
+        out.push(char::from_digit((b >> 4) as u32, 16).unwrap());
+        out.push(char::from_digit((b & 0xf) as u32, 16).unwrap());
+    }
+    Some(out)
+}
+
+pub struct HashIdent;
+
+impl Module for HashIdent {
+    fn name(&self) -> &'static str {
+        "hashident"
+    }
+
+    fn on_user_connect(&mut self, srv: &mut Server, uid: Uid) {
+        if !srv.conf_bool("hashident", false) {
+            return;
+        }
+        let Some(key) = srv.conf("hashident_key").filter(|k| !k.is_empty()) else {
+            return; // no secret configured → do nothing (fail safe)
+        };
+        let key = key.to_string();
+        let ip = match srv.users.get(&uid) {
+            Some(u) => u.addr.ip().to_string(),
+            None => return,
+        };
+        if let Some(ident) = hashed_ident(&key, &ip) {
+            if let Some(u) = srv.users.get_mut(&uid) {
+                u.ident = ident;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn ident_is_12_hex_chars_and_stable() {
+        let a = hashed_ident("secretkey", "203.0.113.7").unwrap();
+        let b = hashed_ident("secretkey", "203.0.113.7").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(a, b); // same ip+key → same ident
+        assert_eq!(a.len(), 12);
+        assert!(a.chars().all(|c| c.is_ascii_hexdigit()));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn different_key_or_ip_changes_it() {
+        let base = hashed_ident("k1", "203.0.113.7").unwrap();
+        assert_ne!(base, hashed_ident("k2", "203.0.113.7").unwrap());
+        assert_ne!(base, hashed_ident("k1", "203.0.113.8").unwrap());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/modules/mod.rs b/src/modules/mod.rs
index e6700e1..921866d 100644
--- a/src/modules/mod.rs
+++ b/src/modules/mod.rs
@@ -15,11 +15,13 @@ pub mod denychans;
 pub mod dnsbl;
 pub mod filter;
 pub mod flood;
+pub mod hashident;
 pub mod hidewhois;
 pub mod markread;
 pub mod metadata;
 pub mod multiline;
 pub mod network_icon;
+pub mod password_hash;
 pub mod profilelink;
 pub mod realnameban;
 pub mod reputation;
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ pub fn default_modules() -> Vec<Box<dyn Module>> {
         Box::new(blockamsg::BlockAmsg),
         Box::new(connectban::ConnectBan),
         Box::new(securelist::SecureList),
+        Box::new(hashident::HashIdent),
     ]
 }
 
@@ -67,5 +70,6 @@ pub fn module_commands() -> Vec<Box<dyn Command>> {
         .chain(chathistory::commands())
         .chain(reputation::commands())
         .chain(securitygroups::commands())
+        .chain(password_hash::commands())
         .collect()
 }
diff --git a/src/modules/password_hash.rs b/src/modules/password_hash.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7d5099
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/password_hash.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+//! password_hash — hashed `<oper>` passwords plus a `/MKPASSWD` helper to make
+//! them. This is echoIRCd's answer to InspIRCd's hash-provider family (md5, sha1,
+//! sha2, pbkdf2): one module, backed entirely by OpenSSL (already a dependency),
+//! that both verifies a stored hash against a supplied password and generates new
+//! hashes for the config.
+//!
+//! A stored password is either plaintext (no recognised prefix — backward
+//! compatible) or `"<algo>:<hex>"`:
+//!   * `md5:` `sha1:` `sha256:` `sha512:` — a plain hex digest of the password
+//!   * `pbkdf2:<iters>:<salthex>:<hashhex>` — PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA256, salted
+//!
+//! Comparisons are constant-time (`openssl::memcmp`). Everything is self-contained
+//! here; the OPER handler just calls [`verify`].
+
+use openssl::hash::{hash, MessageDigest};
+use openssl::pkcs5::pbkdf2_hmac;
+use openssl::rand::rand_bytes;
+
+use crate::command::{CmdResult, Command};
+use crate::numeric::ERR_NOPRIVILEGES;
+use crate::server::Server;
+use crate::Uid;
+
+/// The OpenSSL digest for a named simple algorithm.
+fn digest_for(algo: &str) -> Option<MessageDigest> {
+    match algo.to_ascii_lowercase().as_str() {
+        "md5" => Some(MessageDigest::md5()),
+        "sha1" => Some(MessageDigest::sha1()),
+        "sha256" | "sha2" | "sha-256" => Some(MessageDigest::sha256()),
+        "sha512" | "sha-512" => Some(MessageDigest::sha512()),
+        _ => None,
+    }
+}
+
+/// Lowercase hex of a byte slice.
+fn hex(bytes: &[u8]) -> String {
+    let mut s = String::with_capacity(bytes.len() * 2);
+    for b in bytes {
+        s.push(char::from_digit((b >> 4) as u32, 16).unwrap());
+        s.push(char::from_digit((b & 0xf) as u32, 16).unwrap());
+    }
+    s
+}
+
+/// Decode a lowercase/uppercase hex string to bytes (None on bad input).
+#[allow(clippy::manual_is_multiple_of)] // is_multiple_of is unstable on our MSRV
+fn unhex(s: &str) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
+    if s.len() % 2 != 0 {
+        return None;
+    }
+    (0..s.len())
+        .step_by(2)
+        .map(|i| u8::from_str_radix(&s[i..i + 2], 16).ok())
+        .collect()
+}
+
+/// Constant-time equality (guards against timing attacks on the compare).
+/// `openssl::memcmp::eq` requires equal-length inputs, so short-circuit first.
+fn ct_eq(a: &[u8], b: &[u8]) -> bool {
+    a.len() == b.len() && openssl::memcmp::eq(a, b)
+}
+
+/// PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA256 of `pass` with `salt` and `iters`, `len` bytes out.
+fn pbkdf2(pass: &str, salt: &[u8], iters: usize, len: usize) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
+    let mut out = vec![0u8; len];
+    pbkdf2_hmac(
+        pass.as_bytes(),
+        salt,
+        iters,
+        MessageDigest::sha256(),
+        &mut out,
+    )
+    .ok()?;
+    Some(out)
+}
+
+/// Verify `plaintext` against a `stored` credential. Plaintext (no known prefix)
+/// falls back to a constant-time string compare, so existing configs keep working.
+pub fn verify(stored: &str, plaintext: &str) -> bool {
+    // pbkdf2:<iters>:<salthex>:<hashhex>
+    if let Some(rest) = stored.strip_prefix("pbkdf2:") {
+        let parts: Vec<&str> = rest.splitn(3, ':').collect();
+        if parts.len() == 3 {
+            if let (Ok(iters), Some(salt), Some(want)) =
+                (parts[0].parse::<usize>(), unhex(parts[1]), unhex(parts[2]))
+            {
+                if let Some(got) = pbkdf2(plaintext, &salt, iters, want.len()) {
+                    return ct_eq(&got, &want);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+    // <algo>:<hex>
+    if let Some((algo, want_hex)) = stored.split_once(':') {
+        if let Some(md) = digest_for(algo) {
+            if let (Ok(got), Some(want)) = (hash(md, plaintext.as_bytes()), unhex(want_hex)) {
+                return ct_eq(&got, &want);
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+    // plaintext
+    ct_eq(stored.as_bytes(), plaintext.as_bytes())
+}
+
+/// Produce a stored-credential string for `algo` over `plaintext`. For pbkdf2 a
+/// fresh 16-byte salt and 60000 iterations are used.
+fn make(algo: &str, plaintext: &str) -> Option<String> {
+    if algo.eq_ignore_ascii_case("pbkdf2") {
+        let mut salt = [0u8; 16];
+        rand_bytes(&mut salt).ok()?;
+        let iters = 60000usize;
+        let out = pbkdf2(plaintext, &salt, iters, 32)?;
+        return Some(format!("pbkdf2:{iters}:{}:{}", hex(&salt), hex(&out)));
+    }
+    let md = digest_for(algo)?;
+    let d = hash(md, plaintext.as_bytes()).ok()?;
+    Some(format!("{}:{}", algo.to_ascii_lowercase(), hex(&d)))
+}
+
+pub fn commands() -> Vec<Box<dyn Command>> {
+    vec![Box::new(MkPasswd)]
+}
+
+/// MKPASSWD — `MKPASSWD <algo> <password>`. Oper-only; returns a config-ready
+/// hashed credential. Algorithms: md5, sha1, sha256, sha512, pbkdf2.
+struct MkPasswd;
+impl Command for MkPasswd {
+    fn name(&self) -> &'static str {
+        "MKPASSWD"
+    }
+    fn min_params(&self) -> usize {
+        2
+    }
+    fn handle(&self, s: &mut Server, uid: Uid, params: &[String]) -> CmdResult {
+        if !s.is_oper(uid) {
+            s.numeric(
+                uid,
+                ERR_NOPRIVILEGES,
+                ":Permission Denied- You're not an IRC operator",
+            );
+            return CmdResult::Fail;
+        }
+        let (algo, pass) = (&params[0], &params[1]);
+        let nick = s
+            .users
+            .get(&uid)
+            .map(|u| u.nick.clone())
+            .unwrap_or_default();
+        match make(algo, pass) {
+            Some(hashed) => {
+                s.send(
+                    uid,
+                    format!(
+                        ":{} NOTICE {nick} :{algo} hashed password: {hashed}",
+                        s.name
+                    ),
+                );
+                CmdResult::Ok
+            }
+            None => {
+                s.send(
+                    uid,
+                    format!(
+                        ":{} NOTICE {nick} :Unknown hash '{algo}' (try md5, sha1, sha256, sha512, pbkdf2)",
+                        s.name
+                    ),
+                );
+                CmdResult::Fail
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn plaintext_roundtrips() {
+        assert!(verify("hunter2", "hunter2"));
+        assert!(!verify("hunter2", "wrong"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn simple_digests_roundtrip() {
+        for algo in ["md5", "sha1", "sha256", "sha512"] {
+            let stored = make(algo, "s3cret").unwrap();
+            assert!(verify(&stored, "s3cret"), "{algo} should verify");
+            assert!(!verify(&stored, "nope"), "{algo} should reject wrong");
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn pbkdf2_roundtrips() {
+        let stored = make("pbkdf2", "correct horse").unwrap();
+        assert!(stored.starts_with("pbkdf2:60000:"));
+        assert!(verify(&stored, "correct horse"));
+        assert!(!verify(&stored, "battery staple"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn known_sha256_vector() {
+        // sha256("abc")
+        let h = "ba7816bf8f01cfea414140de5dae2223b00361a396177a9cb410ff61f20015ad";
+        assert!(verify(&format!("sha256:{h}"), "abc"));
+    }
+}