On 8/20/07, Vladimir Rusinov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 8/21/07, Dan Cowsill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I started having problems with my boot password not too long after I > > changed it and I stumbled upon something altogether weird. > > > > The following is a copy of what grub is giving me for an md5 hash: > > > > -- > > > > grub> md5crypt > > > > Password: **** > > Encrypted: $1$vhwK6$dV.xpYBymjq7.cZVnFZYe0 > > > > grub> md5crypt > > > > Password: **** > > Encrypted: $1$miwK6$BKU11//PyeKMxtgiCbEeZ0 > > > > grub> md5crypt > > > > Password: **** > > Encrypted: $1$njwK6$3KqXwDtPqGm6cBGQgSl2.0 > > > > grub> md5crypt > > > > Password: **** > > Encrypted: $1$YkwK6$QCQguFhrGofbJXYnA62J91 > > > > grub> > > > > -- > > > > Now, keep in mind that the word I'm typing is 'test'. No > > capitalization, no spaces, no nonsense. And yet the hashes md5crypt > > returns are all different. Now, that's no good if you ask me. > > > > Is anyone else experiencing the same issue? > > > > Yes. But all hashes are works. May be this is not actually md5? > > -- > Vladimir Rusinov > GreenMice Solutions: IT-решения на базе Linux > http://greenmice.info/
A possibility, but the point of hashing a password is that the hash will be the same each time, allowing one to compare a user submitted password to a securely stored one. -- Dan Cowsill http://www.danthehat.net
