Re: [RadiusNT] Is radiusnt support MD5 Encryption

S.Tumurbaatar ( (no email) )
Tue, 17 Aug 1999 21:20:49 +0800

Is Unix crypt method used in RadiusNt password encryption,
the crypt(3) function? I dont know exactly what it is, but
after searching internet I learned that Unix has different
functions like crypt(1), crypt(2) and etc. And crypt(3)
takes 2 param-s as password and salt. Am I on right way?

----- Original Message -----
From: Dale E. Reed Jr. <daler@iea-software.com>
To: <radiusnt@iea-software.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 1:06 AM
Subject: Re: [RadiusNT] Is radiusnt support MD5 Encryption

> "S.Tumurbaatar" wrote:
> >
> > Below is part from RadiusNt25 doc. Also can you give me note after your
test
> > what method of encryption is used?
>
> crypt is a fairly standard method of encrpting passwords, where you
> don't
> want to get into a legal battle with US export restrictions (MD5).
>
> You should be able to find quite a bit out about crypt, by doing some
> searches for crypt.c:
>
> http://www2.ecst.csuchico.edu/~atman/Crypto/code/crypt-c.html
>
> I'd have to check on MD5 support, but the latest RadiusNT does
> correctly identify/support MD5 in the users file, but I'm not
> positive about the database.
>
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>
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