On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Phil Shafer <p...@juniper.net> wrote: > Matt Hite writes: >>It's interesting to note just how many things are stored in $9$ >>encrypted format: RADIUS secrets, IS-IS authentication keys, BGP MD5 >>secrets, etc. > > It's really obfuscation, not encryption. These are values that > have to be available in raw form to various software components. > So we have this "unreadable" type that obfuscates the values so > someone looking over your shoulder won't immediately know your > secrets. > > In contrast, user passwords are encrypted in a "one way" method > using the normal md5 hash marker ("$1$"). These cannot be > reversed like the $9$ values.
Absolutely. Your clarification is appreciated. -M _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp