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1323 :: md5crypt

• Phaal (orginal) [2015-06-14T20:06:42+02:00] view original

  Hello!

  Has anyone already implemented md5crypt algoritm in Nim?

  There is for example implementation in PHP:

  https://github.com/driehle/php-crypt-md5/blob/master/library/Md5Crypt/Md5Crypt.php

  Thx for info...

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• dom96 (orginal) [2015-06-14T20:26:22+02:00] view original

  There is a module in the standard library: http://nim-lang.org/docs/md5.html

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• Phaal (orginal) [2015-06-14T20:35:01+02:00] view original

  Yes, i looked at it. But in this module is not implemented MD5 Crypt algorithm. Only plain MD5.

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• OderWat (orginal) [2015-06-14T23:52:10+02:00] view original

  Well md5 and cryptography play not well together anyway. I would probably use something else instead trying to implement this.

  Related article from 2012: http://phk.freebsd.dk/sagas/md5crypt_eol.html

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• Phaal (orginal) [2015-06-15T00:09:18+02:00] view original

  I know... but i have no choice. I need to communicate with api. And this api is authorized through this function. On server-side, paswords are hashed with php function:

  crypt($password, '$1$'.$salt.'$'); So here we go...

  Anyway, i checked C and php implementation of this crypt algorithm and it looks not so complicated, so i probably rewrite it to nim by hand.

  BTW, this same algorithm is used for storing passwords in linux...

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• reactormonk (orginal) [2015-06-15T05:01:53+02:00] view original

  @Phaal I hope not. Checked Arch and ubuntu, both use SHA512. Using MD5 is attaching a scissors via thread to a desk so it doesn't get stolen.

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