>===== Original Message From Rafael 'Dido' Sevilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ===== >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
I know md5 is not an authentication algorithm. but a lot of programs do use it for authentication like Microsoft Messanger does and APOP command for POP access Later Amoediun/Trepcoze [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
