Re: what password encryption method is this?

From: Unruh <unruh-spam@physics.ubc.ca>
Date: Wed Aug 31 2005 - 09:30:32 CEST

Nikos Giannoulis <ngiann@aegina.net> writes:

>Hello,
>I have no idea of encryption methods, and I would like to know if
>someone can guess what is the one used here:

>root:$1$$34NPeumc9sBBCAw.oUaM80
>or
>root:$1$$D2fn4UZSslIGSoEkozGr70

>where root: is the user name and rest is password.

>These are taken from an embeded device linux passwd file.

>To create a password the system uses the passwd command which in the
>manual says that can use des, md5, sha1 algorithms.

md5 based algorithm (it is NOT md5 but uses md5 in an insanely complicated,
unanalysed mess).
It is not an encryption, it is a hash.

>I hope I'm not in a worng place.
Received on Thu Sep 29 21:51:48 2005