Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] 2-way encrypted passwords?
From: Bill Studenmund (skippy@macro.stanford.edu)
Date: Tue Aug 12 1997 - 13:24:22 EDT
On Tue, 12 Aug 1997, Ben Burch wrote:
> Hello, folks!
>
> Okay... I am uncomfortable with the fact that passwords in netatalk are
> being sent "clear". Short of Kerberos, which I know is in some
> non-completed state, is there a patch to use the same password encryption
> scheme Appleshare itself uses? If not, is there some documentation on
> how this scheme works so that I could implement said patch myself?
The problem is that the Apple two-way encrypted technique requires the
plain-text password be kept on the server. Other than that, it souldn't be
too hard. IA, 2nd edition describes the encryption technique.
Take care,
Bill
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