Re: [naviserver-devel] ns_sha1 command

[Vlad S. <vl...@cr...>]

Yes, ns_sha1 or ns_md5 are doing the same task, it is just sha1 is 
freely availabe module and somehow got into AS instead of MD5.
But etiher one or both in the core would be good to have.

Zoran Vasiljevic wrote:
> On Sunday 06 March 2005 00:29, Vlad Seryakov wrote:
> 
>>Hi guys,
>>
>>So what is the final word about adding ns_sha1 in the core?
>>I would really like to add it and eliminate additional requirement for 
>>naviserver installation for third party module.
>>
> 
> 
> I have no problem with adding such command.
> I'm not the crypto expert so you must maybe help me understand...
> 
> So,
> 
>   set hash [ns_sha1 my_secret_string]
> 
> gives me the hash value
> 
> But, I can imagine:
> 
>   set hash [ns_md5 my_secret_string]
> 
> to be of the same functionality, or?
> 
> So, what I'd maybe do is:
> 
>   set hash [ns_hash sha1 my_string]
>   set hash [ns_hash md5 my_string]
> 
> or something similar. 
> 
> We have made the md5 hash extension for us already.
> I have it in one of the numerous modules we have
> written for AS. I can imagine we can invent a 
> wrapper command which would server as a central hashing
> repository. 
> 
> 
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