Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 16:59:45 +0000 From: Mark Murray <markm@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Ivan Voras <ivoras@fer.hr> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Passwd format? Message-ID: <200411131659.iADGxjnB054152@grovel.grondar.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 13 Nov 2004 17:42:53 %2B0100." <4196398D.2030000@fer.hr>
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Ivan Voras writes: > How are the values encoded? This looks something like base64. Yes; it is similar to base64. > Is it possible to actually verify the password against this format using > only a bare implementation of the md5 algorithm? No. Well, it may be, but it would need to be called a few times on some very specific strings. Best look at the source in src/lib/libcrypt/ to see how it works. M -- Mark Murray iumop ap!sdn w,I idlaH
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