In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on
03/18/03 
   at 12:40 PM, Bowie Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

>No, the quoted string is literal.  I ran the exact same command on all
>three boxes which should have given me a hashed version of the string 'my
>pass'.

>Bowie

Which it did.  <G> But as the hash output is different - the method *may
work* on all tested platforms, but doesn't deliver the same hash, hence
said hash is not usable between boxen for mail auth (or whatever).  And
the method is 'portable NOT'

Bill Hacker

>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> 
>> Given that the output is different for each one, if 'my pass' 
>> was the same on all boxes, I would say, 'extremely portable
>> NOT' <G>
>> 
>> If 'my pass' was not the same, what was the point?
>> 
>> (or was the quoted string literal, not representational?)
>> 
>> Bill Hacker
>> 
>> 
>> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on
>03/18/03 
>>    at 09:35 AM, Bowie Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>> 
>> >From: Matt Hyclak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >> 
>> >> [host]$ perl
>> >> print crypt('my pass','$1$') . "\n";
>> >> $1$$ZgHOLxjS.UBCu4uVg70a91
>> >> [host]$ 
>> >> 
>> >> Slightly more portable, as my linux crypt(3) doesn't 
>> support md5 :-)
>> 
>> >This is a bit off-topic, but...
>> 
>> >I ran this script on my Win2K box:
>> >C:\>perl
>> >print crypt('my pass', '$1$') . "\n";
>> >$1Up8om3Gxhb6
>> >C:\>
>> 
>> >an HP-UX box:
>> >[hpux]$ perl
>> >print crypt('my pass', '$1$') . "\n";
>> >$1yP7XbRMeGqE
>> >[hpux]$
>> 
>> >and a Linux box:
>> >[linux]$ perl
>> >print crypt('my pass', '$1$') . "\n";
>> >$1$$ZgHOLxjS.UBCu4uVg70a91
>> >[linux]$
>> 
>> >Am I missing something, or is this method not extremely portable?
>> 
>> >Bowie


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