Re: md5 crypt question

Well, I'm assuming, perhaps incorrectly that the perl modules I used derived its md5 capabilities from the system. I did see all the comments on the crypt() page and basically copied each one. When passing a md5 looking salt, crypt() doesn't seem to do anything special with it and my salt remains the same, first two character are taken like regular des. How would I go about testing the CRYPT_SALT_LENGTH and CRYPT_MD5 constants. Thanks -jeremy On Tue, 17 Jul 2001, tc lewis wrote: > > not sure if you've gotten any help on this yet. perhaps test the > CRYPT_SALT_LENGTH and CRYPT_MD5 constants to make sure that your system > and compiled php support md5 via crypt(). also, what salts did you try? > note the comments at the bottom of > http://php.net/manual/en/function.crypt.php about > double-quoting $1$ and > how it may be interpreted and how to escape the $ characters. also, i'm > not sure if you need a $ character at the end of the salt string like in > some of the examples on those comments or not. unfortunately, i don't > have a system with php running right now to test. > > you may also want to investigate > http://php.net/manual/en/ref.mhash.php > depending on what kind of functionality you need. my guess is that > crypt() would be suitable for you if it worked properly. > > -tcl. > > > On Tue, 17 Jul 2001, Jeremy Hansen wrote: > > > > > I'd like to use php to do what I'm able to do in perl. > > > > use String::Random; > > use Crypt::PasswdMD5; > > > > $foo = new String::Random; > > > > $rand = $foo->randpattern("ss"); > > > > print "Type in your password: "; > > > > $password = <STDIN>; > > > > $hash = unix_md5_crypt($password,$rand); > > > > $salt = substr($hash,3,2); > > > > print "SUBSTR: $salt\n"; > > print "HASH: $hash\n"; > > print "SALT: $rand\n"; > > > > print "Type in your password: "; > > $password_verify = <STDIN>; > > > > $hash_verify = unix_md5_crypt($password_verify,$salt); > > > > if ($hash eq $hash_verify) { > > print "Good to go!\n"; > > print "HASH BEFORE: $hash\n"; > > print "HASH AFTER: $hash_verify\n"; > > } else { > > print "You fuckered it up!\n"; > > print "HASH BEFORE: $hash\n"; > > print "HASH AFTER: $hash_verify\n"; > > } > > > > srv1:~$ ./crypt.pl > > Type in your password: password > > SUBSTR: Kd > > HASH: $1$Kd$T9I3jUnJvGy0Ekfg2VobM0 > > SALT: Kd > > Type in your password: password > > Good to go! > > HASH BEFORE: $1$Kd$T9I3jUnJvGy0Ekfg2VobM0 > > HASH AFTER: $1$Kd$T9I3jUnJvGy0Ekfg2VobM0 > > > > I've looked at crypt() in php and it claims that if you pass it a salt > > that resembles $1$ format, it should generate an md5 type hash, but this > > doesn't seem to be the case for me. The crypt only looks at the first two > > characters of the salt, no matter what, so my salt never changes because > > it just seems $1. > > > > Thanks for explaining what I'm doing wrong. > > > > -jeremy > > > > -- > > salad. > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > > > -- salad.