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Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 03:37:10 +0400
From: Solar Designer <solar@...nwall.com>
To: john-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: unrecognized encryption
On Sun, May 14, 2006 at 11:43:35PM +0100, jonathan rennie wrote:
> I'm trying to recognize the type of encryption used on ExtremeNetworks
> switches.....
> create account admin "username" encrypted "/64h3c$FQvA67Sp5KOvLlOvT/jF.0"
Please provide the corresponding plaintext password as well - then I
(and others) will be able to perform some tests.
> username:/64h3c$FQvA67Sp5KOvLlOvT/jF.0
Well, introducing "$1$" before the password hash makes John recognize it
as a FreeBSD-style MD5-based one - but I would not be surprised if the
actual hashing method used by these devices has been slightly modified.
> significantly the seventh character is ALWAYS a $, could this $ be a
> delimiter of some type, perhaps the first six chars are a random key and the
> last chars (after the $) are the result of hashing with the random key (I'm
> guessing here)
Most likely the 6 characters before the "$" is a salt:
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.openwall.john.user/278
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