Hi, On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 07:28:50AM +0200, Pierangelo Masarati wrote: > Neo - wrote: > > Hi all, I use a ldapbrowser (its open source java ldapbrowser) to view all > > my openldap entries. > > Im able to read all the attribute values when i view through the > > ldapbrowser. > > > > But when i do slapcat and generate a ldif file i see some attribute like > > this > > > > mail:: IGF2ZXJ5cG9obG1hbjM3QHdlYnN0ZXIuZWR1 > > > > > > but when i view the same entry in ldapbrowser its fine. > > Any one know why entry looks encrypted using slapcat. > > For security reasons, I guess.
I'd think for reasons of not wanting to lose data due to non-ascii characters (charset/locale settings...). This is for exchanging contents of the database. And btw, this is not encryption but encoding. Cheers, Michael > But I think we need to move to a > stronger algorithm, this is quite easy to crack: > > echo -n "IGF2ZXJ5cG9obG1hbjM3QHdlYnN0ZXIuZWR1" | base64 -d > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Remember: garbage in, garbage out. -- Michael Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SerNet GmbH, Bahnhofsallee 1b, 37081 Göttingen phone: +49-551-370000-0, fax: +49-551-370000-9 AG Göttingen, HRB 2816, GF: Dr. Johannes Loxen http://www.SerNet.DE, mailto: Info @ SerNet.DE
