Are you sure it's a DES implementation? Most passwords are encoded using a one-way hash like SHA-1. >hello. > >I need to be able to set the password used by ARA/PPP in the Remote >Access Connection file, in the Remote Access folder, in the >preferences folder of the System Folder. this is stored in the 'pass' >resource of the file, but the actual password data is is encoded >using DES in ECB mode. > >there are modules and scripts to handle the management of the >connection, but none, that I can find that deal with the *writing* of >this info to the file. > >the routine that does the encryption is provided by the ARA API, and >is called PassWordMunger. I am conversant with making toolbox calls; >however, as this function is not part of the Universal Headers, I am >unclear as to how to call this. > >does anyone have any pointers to how to do this? > >TIA > > >/andrew mckenzie > >
