Hi Paul,
> The difference is between md5-digest, and md5-hash. I don't have any
> detailed knowlegde of the algorithms involved, though.
I searched around the net in case I've missed something in the past but
I found nothing new.
md5 = message digest 5, md5 is a hash algorithm. There are 3
representations of the message digest:
16 byte: raw output
24 byte: base64 encoded
32 byte: hex string
This perl script shows all of them:
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#!/usr/bin/perl
use Digest::MD5 qw(md5 md5_hex md5_base64);
my $string = "test";
print "string: " . $string . "\n";
print "md5: " . md5($string) . "\n";
print "md5_hex: " . md5_hex($string) . "\n";
print "md5_base64: " . md5_base64($string) . "\n";
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Every software I found uses the hex string, so dbmail should use that
one too (that way I can use the dbmail account for SMTP Auth with p.e.
exim).
> >can someone explain the difference between the md5 algorithm dbmail uses
> >and the one from RFC 1321? I only know md5s as 32 byte hex string.
Thomas
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