Hi Chris,
Thanks for your question,
Radiator uses a similar implementation to Crypt::PasswordMD5 to generate Linux
compatible MD5 password hashes. The code that Radiator uses is in Util.pm, sub
md5crypt
The salt in a Linux MD5 password is the 0 to 8 characters following the $!$ up
to the next $, eg in:
$1$cTpht$Obu9PLSMst1TDou.mN5bk0
the salt is
cTpht
Any characters from the set:
./0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
are permitted in the salt
Hope that helps.
Cheers.
On Jan 4, 10:04am, Hugh Irvine wrote:
> Subject: Re: (RADIATOR) MD5 crypt()..
>
> Hello Chris -
>
> On Wednesday 03 January 2001 22:08, Chris Keladis wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I'm a little unclear about encrypted passwords in a Radiator database.
> >
> > I would like to MD5 encrypt all our user passwords.
> >
> > I've been experimenting with Digest::MD5 and Crypt::PasswordMD5, and so
> > far only Crypt::PasswordMD5 gives me what i see as a 'true' MD5
> > password. (The salt beginning with '$1$').
> >
> > I'm a little confused as to the standards regarding the salt, and if
> > Radiator will understand the MD5 hashed passwords i create.
> >
> > Am i going about the issue the wrong way? How can i store well-encrypted
> > passwords in my database to be used for authentication?
> >
>
> The first thing to understand is that you can only use PAP authentication
> with encrypted passwords in your database.
>
> For additional comments on password encryption, I have copied this to Mike so
> he can add his clarification.
>
> regards
>
> Hugh
>
>
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