Hi there
You're talking about the differences between hashing and encryption /
decryption. MD5 is a hashing algorithm, DES is an encryption /
decryption algorithm. See:
True I was confusing the issue here. However, when I wrote the scripts
originally I think only MD5 was used, and the hashe
Hi,
Jannetta S Steyn wrote:
>> It doesn't matter what gets stored as long as the
>> decrypted value matches the password.
>
> This part of what you said puzzles me. Why would you want to decrypt the
> password and
> isn't the point of md5 and DES that you don't decrypt the password. Usually
> t
Hi Steve
> It doesn't matter what gets stored as long as the
> decrypted value matches the password.
This part of what you said puzzles me. Why would you want to decrypt the
password and
isn't the point of md5 and DES that you don't decrypt the password. Usually the
passwords are compared in the
Using htpasswd to control passwords in the .htpasswd file has always
resulted in varying values for the same password. This is a standard
encryption technique. It doesn't matter what gets stored as long as the
decrypted value matches the password. A simple mechanism could use 256
different encrypt
Hi All
I'm not sure that I'm on exactly the correct mailing list here, but I figured
it a good
place to start, even it is just to get someone to guide me in the right
direction.
Some years ago I wrote web front-end for managing .htpasswd files. My client
has been
using this for years. Everythi
