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Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 03:51:56 +0200
From: Jean-Michel <jtr@...izoku.org>
To: john-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Issues with gen_md5 new linking method
Well, I really have a silly database....
Your patch nearly solved the problem. Except that I have entries with salt
beginning with "$$" too !
So the error still is "unknown salt string $$7".
Isn't it "easier" to add a loader flag, like "MGF_SALT_BASE16", that simply
tells the md5_gen loader to unhex the salt(s)/fields after parsing ?
That was how the previous PHPS module was written (I mean with an hexencoded
salt). Maybe it will be also useful to further formats and it may
uncomplexify your salts/fields parser.
But if you want to try other things, feel free to send me patches and I'll
try them against my database ASAP. It's quite uge so I can't easily spot
problematic entries to give them to you.
--
Jean-Michel
2011/6/6 JFoug <jfoug@....net>
> I have gotten your .pot file.
>
> The problem stems from having the first character of the salt be a '$'
> char. There is some 'magic' logic within the salt function, since md5_gen
> has to handle a totally 'unknown' salt condition. There can be a salt, a 2nd
> salt, the user name, and up to 10 fields. The salt starts with a $s. The
> 2nd salt starts with $$2 the user id starts with $$U, then the fields
> start with $$Fx where x is 0 to 9
>
> So, what I 'believe' the code does, is if the first char of the salt is a
> '$', then the salt function, grabs the entire salt (including the leading
> $). The logic behind this, was I was assuming that seeing the salt start
> with $$ meant that there was a complex salt (which is broken apart later),
> such as $$Uuser$$F2field2 So, the pointer that a 'normal' salt would copy
> from is $Uuser$$F2field2, but the code is detecting the first $$ and backing
> up and getting the whole thing, in preparation to later rip out the user ID,
> and Field2 data.
>
> However, in this case, we have a simple salt, and the salt starts with a
> '$' char. Thus, the code is returning $$xy for the salt value, instead of
> the proper $xy.
>
> I can make a simple fix to get this operating properly, and then put this
> on my todo list.
>
> I have attached the patch here, since it is such a trivial patch. Please
> let the list know if this resolves the problems you have seen. Also, if
> there still are additional problems, then if you can get me a file (offline
> again) that demonstrates this, I will continue getting it fixed. I have not
> placed this patch on the wiki, and will wait to hear if this corrects
> Jean-Michel's problem before I place it there.
>
> Jim.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean-Michel" <jtr@...izoku.org>
> To: <john-users@...ts.openwall.com>
>
> Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2011 5:25 PM
> Subject: [john-users] Issues with gen_md5 new linking method
>
>
>
> Hello,
>>
>> with the version 1.7.7 and the new jumbo patches, the method to link a
>> format to a gen_md5() one has changed.
>> For example, the old PHPS format now links to gen_md5(6) as a "thin"
>> format.
>> But with that, I can't load my database anymore because the salt used in
>> this format as to be in "raw" format instead of base16.
>> I have entries were the salt begins with "$" for example (or contains
>> specials chars such as "\r"), and that totally messes the md5_gen parser.
>>
>> Is it already on the TODO-list to add a flag to allow the salt to be
>> hex-encoded ?
>> I haven't seen a simple way to do so just by modifing the thin module...
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
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