[GH-ISSUE #283] add support for MD5-CRYPT and use it as default #267

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opened 2026-02-27 11:10:53 +03:00 by kerem · 3 comments

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Originally created by @tonioo on GitHub (Dec 4, 2013).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/modoboa/modoboa/issues/283

Originally assigned to: @tonioo on GitHub.

Originally created by Walter Doekes on 2012-07-01T07:45:53Z

Hi,

crypt truncates the password to 8 characters before hashing
all other implmented schemes don't have a salt

Solution: implemented MD5-CRYPT as default password scheme (default_pass_scheme = MD5-CRYPT in dovecot).

See attached patch.

Regards,
Walter Doekes
OSSO B.V.

Originally created by @tonioo on GitHub (Dec 4, 2013). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/modoboa/modoboa/issues/283 Originally assigned to: @tonioo on GitHub. **Originally created by Walter Doekes on 2012-07-01T07:45:53Z** Hi, - crypt truncates the password to 8 characters before hashing - all other implmented schemes don't have a salt Solution: implemented MD5-CRYPT as default password scheme (default_pass_scheme = MD5-CRYPT in dovecot). See attached patch. Regards, Walter Doekes OSSO B.V.

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@tonioo commented on GitHub (Dec 4, 2013):

Posted by Antoine Nguyen on 2012-07-01T13:51:56Z

Hi Walter,

thanks for this patch, it is indeed an interesting feature. About the md5crypt implementation you propose, I think you should copy the original header inside it before Modoboa can use it.

I haven't seen anything wrong with your code anyway, I'll certainly add it to 0.9.1.

@tonioo commented on GitHub (Dec 4, 2013): **Posted by Antoine Nguyen on 2012-07-01T13:51:56Z** Hi Walter, thanks for this patch, it is indeed an interesting feature. About the md5crypt implementation you propose, I think you should copy the original header inside it before Modoboa can use it. I haven't seen anything wrong with your code anyway, I'll certainly add it to 0.9.1.

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@tonioo commented on GitHub (Dec 4, 2013):

Posted by Walter Doekes on 2012-07-01T22:43:17Z

Antoine Nguyen wrote:

About the md5crypt implementation you propose, I think you should copy the original header inside it before Modoboa can use it.

Do you need me to do anything? I'm not quite sure what you mean.

Regards,
Walter

@tonioo commented on GitHub (Dec 4, 2013): **Posted by Walter Doekes on 2012-07-01T22:43:17Z** Antoine Nguyen wrote: > About the md5crypt implementation you propose, I think you should copy the original header inside it before Modoboa can use it. Do you need me to do anything? I'm not quite sure what you mean. Regards, Walter

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@tonioo commented on GitHub (Dec 4, 2013):

Posted by Antoine Nguyen on 2012-07-02T08:38:57Z

Walter Doekes wrote:

Do you need me to do anything? I'm not quite sure what you mean.

No, sorry. I wasn't clear enough :-)

I've just copy/paste the license header to avoid any issue in the future.

@tonioo commented on GitHub (Dec 4, 2013): **Posted by Antoine Nguyen on 2012-07-02T08:38:57Z** Walter Doekes wrote: > Do you need me to do anything? I'm not quite sure what you mean. No, sorry. I wasn't clear enough :-) I've just copy/paste the license header to avoid any issue in the future.