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Antw: Re: Hashed Entries



>>> Josh Miller <joshua@itsecureadmin.com> schrieb am 02.04.2014 um 17:58 in
Nachricht <1EF35D11-9A5F-4161-822A-AAA84F5A2459@itsecureadmin.com>:
> On Apr 2, 2014, at 3:57 AM, Monica Warnock <monica.warnock@ed.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
>> â
> 
>> dn: dc=name,dc=name
>> objectClass: dcObject
>> objectClass: organization
>> dc:: ZGxpYi1tb25pZHAg
>> o:: ZGxpYi1tb25pZHAg
>> 
>> dn: ou=Users,dc=name,dc=name
>> objectClass: organizationalUnit
>> ou: Users
>> 
>> dn: cn=Bob Jones,ou=Users,dc=name,dc=name
>> cn: Bob Jones
>> sn: Jones
>> objectClass: inetOrgPerson
>> objectClass: eduPerson
>> eduPersonAffiliation: staff
>> userPassword:: cGFzc3dvcmQg
>> uid: bjones
>> 
>> 
>> When I log in as bjones using the correct password the 'username or
password 
> is not valid'.
>> 
>> What is the relevance of the entries such as the userPassword:: which now 
> appear with two colons?
>> 
>> I have added more test users and on their entry the uid entry also has the

> double colons with a hashed entry following.
> ...
> 
> If you modify or create an entry with any trailing spaces the results will 
> be returned base64 encoded (values are stored correctly, but returned this 
> way).
> 
> You can decode with something like the following, which shows that you have

> a trailing space on your âdcâ attribute:
> 
>> echo -n "ZGxpYi1tb25pZHAg" | base64 -D
> dlib-monidp 
> 
> I have seen that in many cases if your base64 encoded attributes do not end

> with a â==" that you have trailing spaces:

I think whether you see "==" at the end or not is independent of trailing
spaces, but it depends on how long the input string is.
(From RFC 4648):
---
10. Test Vectors

BASE64("") = ""
BASE64("f") = "Zg=="
BASE64("fo") = "Zm8="
---

> 
>> echo -n "test" | base64
> dGVzdA==
> 
>> echo -n "dGVzdA==" | base64 -D
> test
> 
>> echo -n "test " | base64
> dGVzdCA=
> 
>> echo -n "test  " | base64
> dGVzdCAg
> 
>> echo -n "dGVzdCAg" | base64 -D
> test  
> 
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Josh Miller
> ITSA Consulting, LLC
> http://itsecureadmin.com/