Hello Chris -
On Wednesday 03 January 2001 22:08, Chris Keladis wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm a little unclear about encrypted passwords in a Radiator database.
>
> I would like to MD5 encrypt all our user passwords.
>
> I've been experimenting with Digest::MD5 and Crypt::PasswordMD5, and so
> far only Crypt::PasswordMD5 gives me what i see as a 'true' MD5
> password. (The salt beginning with '$1$').
>
> I'm a little confused as to the standards regarding the salt, and if
> Radiator will understand the MD5 hashed passwords i create.
>
> Am i going about the issue the wrong way? How can i store well-encrypted
> passwords in my database to be used for authentication?
>
The first thing to understand is that you can only use PAP authentication
with encrypted passwords in your database.
For additional comments on password encryption, I have copied this to Mike so
he can add his clarification.
regards
Hugh
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