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developerWorks: Secure Java Apps on Linux Using MD5 Crypt
Jan 16, 2006, 05 :00 UTC (3 Talkback[s]) (5604 reads)

(Other stories by Vladimir Silva)

"If you are a security developer and need to interface a Java application with the local operating system user registry, what do you do? This article gives you the answer: UNIX/Linux PAM (Pluggable Authentication Module)-compatible systems that use authentication based on the GNU MD5 extensions to the crypt() system call. I'll describe these extensions and show you a Java implementation of MD5 crypt (using FreeBSD as my UNIX).

"MD5 (message-digest algorithm 5; RFC 1321) is a widely used cryptographic hash function with a 128-bit hash value..."

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Why not use JAAS and the Unix authentica ...   Not a good idea   
Uno Engborg
Jan 16, 2006, 06:42:53
 
This app will give you the MD5 sum for a ...   Or why not just use java.security.MessageDigest   
GregS
Jan 16, 2006, 18:53:34
 
"Why not use JAAS and the Unix authentic ...   Re: Not a good idea   
Shamar
Jan 16, 2006, 21:36:49
 
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