Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 15:58:59 +0300 From: "Odhiambo Washington" <odhiambo@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: .htaccess or OS related? Message-ID: <991123400807070558r306aeb20w315d8a03ac33e6b3@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080707082222.eac3bbf6.wmoran@potentialtech.com> References: <001201c8e02b$9c6e9ed0$d54bdc70$@net> <20080707082222.eac3bbf6.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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I wonder whether the hosting provider will let the OP install mod_whatever, even, if he could not be allowed to use htpasswd. On 7/7/08, Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> wrote: > In response to "Jos Chrispijn" <jos@webrz.net>: > >> I ran into a problem last night that I was able to solve, but generated a >> question: >> >> I have this hosting provider (uses Debian OS) on which I can't use >> htpasswd >> to generate user and password to protect a single file. >> >> To have this done I solved it as follows: did a htpasswd on my own server >> (FreeBSD 7) and simply copied the file with the user:password (scrambled) >> to >> my home directory I have with this hosting provider and referred in the >> .htaccess to it. And now comes the fun stuff: it worked without probs. >> >> >> So the algorithm that is used on FreeBSD to scramble a user password is >> the >> same as it is used by Debian? Isn't that a security gap? > > The algorithm is part of Apache and has little or nothing to do with > the OS on which it runs. > > And the encryption used to store passwords in .htaccess files is known > to be weak. If you need something strong, look to one of the other mod_* > security packages instead of .htaccess passwords. > > -- > Bill Moran > http://www.potentialtech.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Sent from Google Mail for mobile | mobile.google.com Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "Oh My God! They killed init! You Bastards!" --from a /. post
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