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Vincenzo > -----Original Message----- > From: Vincenzo Gianferrari Pini > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: gioved� 27 febbraio 2003 15.34 > To: James Users List > Subject: RE: Password encryption algorithm. > > > "Snippet.java" contains a java code snippet invoking the "encodeBytes" > method in the "Base64" class, contained in the "Base64.java" file. I found > the latter somewhere on the web, thanks to it's author. > > I had to put in the code snippet some "magic" to deal with non significant > zeroes and truncate to 20 characters (to be consistent with > james), but that > may be a need of my implementation. > > I did not use the base-64 code used in james (it probably would have been > more straightforward), as my code runs completely outside of James. > > Bye, > > Vincenzo > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Javier Storni [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: gioved� 27 febbraio 2003 14.52 > > To: James Users List > > Subject: Re: Password encryption algorithm. > > > > > > Yes, I have MD5 linux original passwords. > > So, I need convert then to base64. > > > > Can you send me the code ? > > > > Thanks a lot. > > > > Javier Storni > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Vincenzo Gianferrari Pini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "James Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 10:34 AM > > Subject: RE: Password encryption algorithm. > > > > > > > It's impossible "by definition" to migrate an md5 digested > > password to an > > > SHA digested password, as it would imply that you could break the md5 > > > algorithm. > > > > > > What you can do is keeping the md5 password (md5 is supported > by James), > > > doing the following for each user: > > > > > > 1) set the "pwdAlgorithm" field of the "users" table to "MD5"; > > > > > > 2) set the "pwdHash" field to the md5 string, converted to base-64. > > > > > > Now, I don't know what is the base format used by linux md5, but james > > uses > > > base-64 (with some "magic"?). If your original md5 string is in hex > > > (base-16) as it was my case, I can send you the java code I use, that > > works. > > > Let me know. > > > > > > Bye, > > > > > > Vincenzo > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > Anyone know how to migrate linux md5 passwords to SHA passwords, or > > other > > > > algorithm supported by james ? > > > > > > > > I'm using jdbc users. > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > > Javier Storni > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >
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