Re: Rewarding Challenge AS/400

[leif@xxxxxxx]

I'll take you up one that one.
I'll decrypt it in less than a day.
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Glanstein <mic@aloha.com>
To: mr <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Cc: Leif Svalgaard <leif@ibm.net>
Sent: Friday, September 17, 1999 4:32 PM
Subject: Rewarding Challenge AS/400


>
> >The encryption method **may** change from release to release, but between
> >machines on the same release, and from what I've played with, it **seems**
> >the same method but who really knows ?
>
> It is the same method. For example, the encrypted password for user TEST,
> password TEST is 50C8C4C683D60CE2. This is the same on V1R2 through V4R3.
>
> This encryption is done with both user id and password. No other parts are
> needed. For example, if you replace another password for TEST with the
> above hex then TEST will have a password of TEST.
>
> Unfortunately the software vendor (you know who I mean!)doesn't have
> enough confidence in the encryption technique to permit public analysis
> and verification that it is truly one way.
>
> The answer to people who can crack the AS/400 password...I'll send them the
> encrypted password and see if they can decrypt it! This was done several
> times with PGP and the network went silent.
>
> Steve Glanstein
> mic@aloha.com
>
>
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