Brandon G wrote:
> Rich Megginson wrote:
>
>> 389 does support MD5 and Salted (SMD5) hashes, specifically for
>> migration purposes. What format does $1$xxxx use?
>>
>>
>
> It has been used in unix for some time now. $1$SEED$HASH is MD5;
> depending upon what OS you use the number differs in the hash. Years
> ago I rewrote crypt for FreeBSD to use $3$ for SHA1. I know Redhat is
> now using $6$ for a form of SHA, I don't know which one.
>
>
>>> Where is the Seed in SSHA?
>>>
>>>
>> At the end.
>>
>>
>>> Is it a fixed length?
>>>
>>>
>> Yes, 8 bytes.
>>
>> But note that you cannot convert MD5 to (S)SHA.
>>
>
>
> Where is the standard that defines what the hash format is for the
> various {types} ?
>
> This is basically to make migration easier, if I could reformat a
> "$1$seed$hash" into "{SMD5}hashseed"? and stuff it into userPassword,
> the users have no disruption.
>
{SMD5}hashseed might just work.
> -Brandon
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