For one-way hash: http://www.openwall.com/john/
Matt Hite [li...@beatmixed.com] wrote: > 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 -- The language of the totalist environment is characterized by the thought-terminating cliche. The most far-reaching and complex of human problems are compressed into brief, highly reductive, definitive-sounding phrases, easily memorized and easily expressed. These become the start and finish of any ideological analysis. - Robert Jay Lifton _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp