Re: [Dovecot] Custom password encryption scheme, how to do it?

2007-10-02 Thread Madison Kelly
Ed W wrote: - Generate an initial SHA256 hash out of the password+salt. - Re-hash the initial SHA256 hash many thousands of times. As an aside you should do some research to determine if the second of these steps adds any value. I don't believe that there is a known way to reverse an SHA25

[Dovecot] Custom password encryption scheme, how to do it?

2007-10-01 Thread Madison Kelly
Hi all, I'm a fairly recent convert to Dovecot/Postfix from Sendmail, so please be gentle (and assume I know nothing). :) I've got a Postfix/Dovecot/PostgreSQL setup with a custom DB schema for my email. This database is also used for a bigger program I use for all my hosting needs (domains,