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Re: TLS / secure ldap transactions, userPassword hashing questions

At 02:14 PM 7/15/2005, Aaron Richton wrote:
>> Would it a big deal to make a feature request for something like
>> SHA-256, SHA-512, and/or Blowfish support?
>
>Well, in terms of going to the ITS page and getting something requested on
>the record, probably not. But in terms of it actually getting done, some
>code attached to that ITS would go a long way. See
>libraries/liblutil/passwd.c. 

It should also be noted that one can extend the slapd(8)
to support new password schemes via modules.  Examples
are available in the contrib directory.
Kurt