Hi there
You're talking about the differences between hashing and encryption /
decryption. MD5 is a hashing algorithm, DES is an encryption /
decryption algorithm. See:
True I was confusing the issue here. However, when I wrote the scripts
originally I think only MD5 was used, and the hashes were compared for
authentication. I remember then, looking at the files and even after
re-creating the passwords, the hashes didn't change. Now however, even the
hashes do seem to change. Example and here I am forcing md5:
-bash-3.1$
-bash-3.1$ htpasswd -n -m -b username password
username:$apr1$YxgJg...$CBPoLTrXCOLCn13LDTL8w1
-bash-3.1$ htpasswd -n -m -b username password
username:$apr1$fjhvN/..$a2OsVleb.E8zoEOyfWfuw.
-bash-3.1$ htpasswd -n -m -b username password
username:$apr1$ie9n5/..$yOfvwYlhFXBOicCXuk.DK0
The main issue for me still remains, why do my password file stop working
after a while? Obviously something regarding the way the passwords are
generated and compared changed since I originally wrote the stuff. What
changed? I need to know this to accomodate the changes in my code.
Thanks for all your input
Regards
Jannetta
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