Re: Default Password Encryption Scheme

[Rich Megginson <rmeggins@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Chun Tat David Chu wrote:
> Rich, thanks for your info.
>
> I have one more question. Is the salt used for the SSHA generated 
> every time when a new user is added into the LDAP?  What I meant is 
> that there is an unique salt generated per user password, am I correct?
Yes.
> Thanks,
>
> David
>
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Rich Megginson <rmeggins@xxxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:rmeggins@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     Chun Tat David Chu wrote:
>
>         Hi All,
>
>         Just curious, the default password encryption scheme for LDAP
>         is SSHA.
>         What is the number of bits it is using?  Is it SSSH256,
>         SSSH384, SSSH512?
>
>     It's the SHA-1 140 bits algorithm
>
>
>         Thanks,
>
>         David
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