> On Dec 10, 2004, at 5:24 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Thanks for the reply, the problem though is if you crypt the current >> password it does not turn out like the encrypted password above. I get >> different results when using the function from the link you provided. >> This >> is the password I get when I encrypt the same password in the original >> email: >> >> $1$34201110$1qOlP6BW44jKvA66l7q7F0 >> >> and if I refresh it: >> >> $1$20202818$O9l6HCdGD19SqriwI8F4k0 > > That's expected. The first 11 (or so) characters are random data > called the "salt". The actual password (encoded using the salt) > appears after the salt. > > This is done to make it more difficult to build a dictionary of > encrypted passwords. Any given cleartext password can have a large > number of possible encrypted versions. > > -- > Tom Collins - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > QmailAdmin: http://qmailadmin.sf.net/ Vpopmail: http://vpopmail.sf.net/ > Info on the Sniffter hand-held Network Tester: http://sniffter.com/ > >
Hmm this is strange, but logging in via webmail with the old password worked until I logged in with my new password. Now new password works and old password doesnt. Could be caching connection, dunno if imapproxy could be the culprit. Thanks for the feedback. Seems to be working! Robert
