[Dovecot] Problem with DIGEST-MD5 authentication and plainte xt passwords

[Maikel Verheijen]

Ow, I am sorry, you mean when you actually LOG IN to a machine with 
digest-md5?


My apologies!


Maikel.

On Nov 17, 2003, at 11:53 PM, Matthew Reimer wrote:

> Maikel Verheijen wrote:
>> For what it's worth:
>> We use postgres userlookups, and use an older version of dovecot (an 
>> old cvs version of around 0.99.9.1), and we DO use digest-md5 
>> password encryption in the database and realms. It seems to work 
>> flawlessly in our situation, I used kmail, evolution, apple-mail, 
>> entourage, outlook, outlook-express and mutt.
>> Have there been changes in the digest-md5 code since 0.99.9.1 ?
>> Kind regards,
>> Maikel Verheijen
>> Ladot Nederland BV.
>
> The problem is not with passwords that are stored in the db in 
> digest-md5 format (i.e., as an md5 hash of user:realm:password), but 
> with dovecot's password_generate() that takes the username and 
> password and hashes it on the fly.
>
> Matt