On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 09:22:37PM +1100, Amoediun Trepcoze wrote: > Does Anyone know of Programs which use MD5 Authentication? > > I know > Microsoft Messanger does > and APOP command for POP access
MD5 is not an authentication algorithm. It's a message digest algorithm, but it is used as a primitive for digital signatures and some authentication protocols need such signatures. I believe SSH uses MD5 along with RSA to provide such digital signatures for its hostkey-based authentication protocol, as does SSL when you make it request client side certificates before connecting. -- Rafael R. Sevilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +63(2) 8177746 ext. 8311 Programmer, Inter.Net Philippines +63(917) 4458925 http://dido.engr.internet.org.ph/ OpenPGP Key ID: 0x5CDA17D8
