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Subject: Re: Another source for MD5 encryption
Tomcat is simply wrapping calls to java.security.MessageDigest. It
doesn't
provide an implementation of the MD5 algorithm; it just uses the one
provided by the installed security-provider. It should also ship with
a
1.4
JDK
and a digesting one?
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From: Shapira, Yoav [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 24 May 2004 13:26
To: Tomcat Users List
Subject: RE: Another source for MD5 encryption
Hi,
MD5 is not an encryption algorithm, by the way. It's a digesting one
for us in conjunction
Hi,
BTW what is the difference between an encryption algorithm and a
digesting
one?
See http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/M/message_digest.html for a good
definition of the relationship.
Specifically for MD5:
MD5 was developed by Professor Ronald L. Rivest of MIT. What it does, to
quote the
I have a web application that manages the usernames and passwords for a JDBCRealm. The
realm uses MD5 digest to encrypt the passwords for checking, and the encrypted
passwords
are stored in the DB.
The docs say to have TOMCAT_HOME/server/lib/catalina.jar in the classpath in order to
use
the
On Sat, May 22, 2004 at 12:41:51PM +0100, Tim Penhey wrote:
: The docs say to have TOMCAT_HOME/server/lib/catalina.jar in the classpath in order
to use
: the RealmBase.Digest static method, but I was wondering if there is another source
around
: that will do the same MD5 digesting of passwords
Tomcat is simply wrapping calls to java.security.MessageDigest. It doesn't
provide an implementation of the MD5 algorithm; it just uses the one
provided by the installed security-provider. It should also ship with a 1.4
JDK. Other than you JVM vendor, you could also look at cryptex if you want
