[pkg-kolab] Passwords

[Johannes Graumann]

On Thursday 18 May 2006 16:09, Tom Fernandes wrote:

Just one more question:

> if an attribute contains "::" it is base64 encoded - you will have to
> decode the string to view the actual content.
> if you decode
>
> e1NTSEF9eng5WTB0RDVCc2pEeVI2MHI4Z2hRdTBOS3JUZC9jT0I=
>
> you will get:
>
> {SSHA}zx9Y0tD5BsjDyR60r8ghQu0NKrTd/cOB
>
> this string.

What is this encoding good for? Security through obscurity? Why not just 
use '{SSHA}zx9Y0tD5BsjDyR60r8ghQu0NKrTd/cOB'?

Joh

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