Re: viewing entries using slapcat

[Michael Adam <ma@SerNet.DE>]

On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 03:36:24PM +1000, Dave Horsfall wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Sep 2007, Pierangelo Masarati wrote:
> 
> > > Any one know why entry looks encrypted using slapcat.
> > 
> > For security reasons, I guess.  But I think we need to move to a
> > stronger algorithm, this is quite easy to crack:
> > 
> > echo -n "IGF2ZXJ5cG9obG1hbjM3QHdlYnN0ZXIuZWR1" | base64 -d
> >  averypohlman37@webster.edu
> 
>  ^ More likely because of that leading space.

Oh yes, that's the reason in this case.
Sorry - I overlooked your reply when I first answered! :-)

Michael

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