Hi all,
I can't find a description of the algorithm used in the mySQL PASSWROD
function. I understand it's a hashing algorithm of some kind, but I
don't know which algorithm (and I suspect it's *not* MD5.)
Can anyone tell me what algorithm PASSWORD uses? The reason I ask is
that we're trying to implement role-based security using our existing
MySQL table of users, accessed via Java Servlet auth functions, which
can read the User table through JDBC. BUT.... they don't know anything
about PASSWORD-encrypted passwords, so I need to write something that
hashes the password entered in the same way MySQL hashes a password (or
abandon the use of servlet auth :-)
Any clues?
John Kemp,
Director, Software Development
Streetmail Inc.
http://www.streetmail.com
