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diff --git a/rubbos/app/httpd-2.0.64/support/SHA1/README.sha1 b/rubbos/app/httpd-2.0.64/support/SHA1/README.sha1 deleted file mode 100644 index 3998e1fd..00000000 --- a/rubbos/app/httpd-2.0.64/support/SHA1/README.sha1 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,34 +0,0 @@ -This directory includes some utilities to allow Apache 1.3.6 to -recognize passwords in SHA1 format, as used by Netscape web servers. - -From Netscape's admin interface, export the password database to an -ldif file and then use convert.pl in this distribution to generate -apache style password files. - -Note: SHA1 support is useful for migration purposes, but is less - secure than Apache's password format, since Apache's (MD5) - password format uses a random eight character salt to generate - one of many possible hashes for the same password. Netscape - uses plain SHA1 without a salt, so the same password - will always generate the same hash, making it easier - to break since the search space is smaller. - -This code was contributed by Clinton Wong <clintdw@netcom.com>. - -README.sha1 - this file - -convert-sha1.pl - takes an ldif dump from Netscape's web server on - standard in, outputs apache htpasswd format on standard out. - - Usage: convert.pl < ldif > passwords - -htpasswd-sha1.pl - perl script to generate entries in apache htpasswd format. - - Usage: htpasswd-sha1.pl some_user some_password - -ldif-sha1.example - sample ldif dump with one sha1 password and one crypt password. - |