Re: MD5/Des Hashing

Greg Johnson Perry-Spencer ( gjohnson@psci.net )
Wed, 12 Aug 1998 14:29:08 -0500 (EST)

Dale,

I will give it a try. The following URL is where I got my information
regarding Md5 $1$:

http://www.neosoft.com/www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook56.html#58

Thanks,

Greg

On Wed, 12 Aug 1998, Dale E. Reed Jr. wrote:

> Greg Johnson Perry-Spencer wrote:
> >
> > The FreeBSD passwd file is MD5, this is why I find it strange that the two
> > encrypted strings don't match. Is my assumption correct that all MD5
> > encryption strings start with $1$? If so, when I run radius in debug mode
> > and it displays the encrypted passwd it generates to match against the
> > password in the Unix password file, why does it not start with $1$?
>
> No. MD5 uses the first two characters as the salt for the encryption.
> I'm not sure what the $1$ is. I wander if its a BSDism. Try removing
> it from the password for one user and see if the auth works.
>
>
> --
> Dale E. Reed Jr. (daler@iea-software.com)
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