At 09:51 AM 13/11/01 +0800, you wrote:
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>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.
>
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I know I want a list of program which do use it for Authentication
like Microsoft Messanger does
