> 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.
damn'd! so "base64 -d" is not a password cracker?!? p. Ing. Pierangelo Masarati OpenLDAP Core Team SysNet s.r.l. via Dossi, 8 - 27100 Pavia - ITALIA http://www.sys-net.it --------------------------------------- Office: +39 02 23998309 Mobile: +39 333 4963172 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------
