On Thu, 26 Jan 2006, Helio Cavichiolo Jr wrote:

>
> Em Qua 25 Jan 2006 18:01, Davide Libenzi escreveu:
>> Certain authentications, like CRAM-MD5 for example, has not a clear text
>> password but an MD5 hash of the password plus other stuff. So you cannot
>> fit the usual call-this-external-program-with-user-and-passwd model.
>>
>> - Davide
>
> Thanks Davide, but if xmail routine can, why an external program can't?

Not with the current model, in which username and password are passed to 
the external program. I'd need to pass the salt, username and MD5 hashes, 
and haave the external program do MD5 computations and matches by itself.



- Davide


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