A simple password encryption for node.js

hashit.js

/*jshint node: true, strict: true*/
'use strict';
var crypto = require('crypto');

module.exports = {
    algo :'bf-ecb',
    encoding :'utf8',
    input_encoding: 'base64',

    hashIt: function ( pass, salt ) {
        var hash = crypto.createHash('sha512');
        hash.update(pass, this.encoding);
        hash.update(salt, this.encoding);

        var hashed = hash.digest(this.input_encoding);
        var cipher = crypto.createCipheriv(this.algo, salt, '');
        var ciphered = cipher.update(hashed, this.encoding, this.input_encoding);
        ciphered += cipher.final(this.input_encoding);
        return ciphered;
    },

    checkIt: function ( pass, salt, hashedPass ) {
        return this.hashIt(pass,salt) === hashedPass;
    }
};