Re: what password encryption method is this?

Gregory G Rose wrote:
> I believe these are Base-64 encoded output from
> MD5. The $1$$ means something special, but I've
> forgotten exactly what; in essence, though, it
> says to use the new password scheme not the
> original Unix one. The other 22 characters
> represent 6 bits per character, and expand to 132
> bits, of which only the first 128 are used.
>
> Have fun cracking...
>
> Greg.

I beleive that some of it is the salt?

Greg Other
Received on Thu Sep 29 21:51:45 2005