Hi, MD5 is not an encryption algorithm, by the way. It's a digesting one for us in conjunction with an encryption algorithm.
Yoav Shapira Millennium Research Informatics >-----Original Message----- >From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Barker >Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2004 5:21 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Another source for MD5 encryption > >Tomcat is simply wrapping calls to java.security.MessageDigest. It doesn't >provide an implementation of the MD5 algorithm; it just uses the one >provided by the installed security-provider. It should also ship with a >1.4 >JDK. Other than you JVM vendor, you could also look at cryptex if you want >an open-source implementation. > >"Tim Penhey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> I have a web application that manages the usernames and passwords for a >JDBCRealm. The >> realm uses MD5 digest to encrypt the passwords for checking, and the >encrypted passwords >> are stored in the DB. >> >> The docs say to have TOMCAT_HOME/server/lib/catalina.jar in the classpath >in order to use >> the RealmBase.Digest static method, but I was wondering if there is >another source around >> that will do the same MD5 digesting of passwords so I don't need >catalina.jar in >> WEB-INF/lib. >> >> I don't really want to move around any of the tomcat jars, like from >server to common, as >> I want the web app to be able to deploy on another vanilla install of >tomcat. >> >> Any ideas? >> >> Thanks, >> Tim > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business communication, and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. This e-mail is intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may not be saved, copied, printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not the(an) intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your computer system and notify the sender. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
