On 8 July 2010 14:05, Thom Brown wrote:
> On 8 July 2010 11:46, Andre Majorel wrote:
>> The doc says « if you are at all concerned about password
>> "sniffing" attacks then md5 is preferred. » but does not say why.
>> It would seem that an MD5 hash can be sniffed and replayed just as
>> well as a
On 8 July 2010 11:46, Andre Majorel wrote:
> The doc says « if you are at all concerned about password
> "sniffing" attacks then md5 is preferred. » but does not say why.
> It would seem that an MD5 hash can be sniffed and replayed just as
> well as a clear-text password.
>
> Maybe the doc needs t
The doc says « if you are at all concerned about password
"sniffing" attacks then md5 is preferred. » but does not say why.
It would seem that an MD5 hash can be sniffed and replayed just as
well as a clear-text password.
Maybe the doc needs to explain why "md5" is more secure than
"password". Or,
