MD5 proposal

Mon Apr 1 00:37:43 CEST 2002

Hi,

On Mon, 25 Mar 2002, Andrei Robachevsky wrote:

> Proposal
> --------
> 
> A new "auth:" scheme is introduced based on MD5 hash algorithm. The format
> of the new "auth" scheme is:
> 
> auth:             MD5-PW <digest>
> 
> where <digest> is a 128-bit MD5 digest.
> 
> For example: 
> 
> auth:             MD5-PW 4aabd3dbc0746c8a4b5467f99a4f8524
> 

Why not use md5 crypt wich is already used on many operating systems for
passwords?

auth:             MD5-PW $1$sD9e4pQn$1832L4.BxsZHusy0plg8i0

/Oli

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