Re: Basic Authentication

Could it be that you tested the correct algorithm but didn't use the correct salt or some other permutation to receive the same encoded result? -TG ----- Original Message ----- From: tedd <tedd.sperling@gmail.com> To: Shawn McKenzie <nospam@mckenzies.net>, php-general@lists.php.net Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:17:35 -0500 Subject: Re: [PHP] Basic Authentication > At 2:19 PM -0600 1/14/09, Shawn McKenzie wrote: > > > > > >As others have said, use crypt(). > >http://php.net/manual/function.crypt.php has Example #2 > >Using crypt() > >with htpasswd. > > > Thanks, but that doesn't really solve my problem. > > You see, I know the password and I know the encoded result -- what I > don't know is what algorithm was used to generate the encoding. > > Here are all the algorithms I know of (this includes the above link > you provided). > > http://webbytedd.com/bbbb/md5/index.php > > However, none of them match what have. > > Cheers, > > tedd > > -- > ------- > http://sperling.com > http://ancientstones.com > http://earthstones.com