Den 2012-04-19 10:17 skrev Dmitry Yemanov såhär:
> 19.04.2012 12:02, Mark Rotteveel wrote:
>
>> Ok, that sounds relatively easy. What is the hashing algorithm, and where
>> in the Firebird sources can I find its implementation?
> Something derived from DES, AFAIK. See ENC_crypt(), located in /src/jrd/
> (pre-FB3) or in /src/common/ (trunk).

Er... I am a real novice when it comes to security, but perhaps you in 
the dev team should read this, which has something to say about passord 
hashes based on DES (too fast):

http://chargen.matasano.com/chargen/2007/9/7/enough-with-the-rainbow-tables-what-you-need-to-know-about-s.html

I've also seen mention of Rfc2898, which seems to be a good option for 
password hashes.

Kjell

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