this was clear form me , I misused the word hash . basically in the open-system when encrypting a password , the literature describe the encryption method use , and you can also found the mathematical function used in the encryption .
regarding comments like : "Would you mind telling us which bank you are trying to hack? Jantje." curiosity only ! I have learned in the past the encryption history and common used method and still have alot of interest in this subject . Beside it I never really started checked how this issue implemented on z/OS . On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 5:45 PM, Tom Russell <tom_russ...@sympatico.ca>wrote: > There is no command that will get a Password from RACF. You can reset it > to a known value if you have authority, but you can not display it. > > Your assumption that there is hash of the password is incorrect. RACF > encrypts the user ID with the password, and the resultant ciphertext is all > that is stored in the RACF data set. This is done so that neither the user > ID nor the password is stored in the clear for perusal by hackers on the > RACF data set, or more likely on a backup copy. > > regards, Tom > > On 2011-08-19 12:00 AM, IBM-MAIN automatic digest system wrote: > >> Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 08:20:42 -0400 >> From: "Chicklon, Thomas"<thomas.chick...@53.com**> >> Subject: Re: Get a user password from RACF. >> >> >> I am not aware of this being documented anywhere. Maybe someone else can >> jump in with that info if they have it. >> >> Tom Chicklon >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> thanks , >> Is the literature specifying the HASH algurithm and where the HASH >> password >> is located? >> > > -- > G. Tom Russell > > “Stay calm. Be brave. Wait for the signs.” — Jasper FriendlyBear > “... and remember to leave good news alone.” — Gracie HeavyHand > > > ------------------------------**------------------------------**---------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at > http://bama.ua.edu/archives/**ibm-main.html<http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html> > -- best regards, matan cohen MF System Administrator. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
