Date: 11/21/97 10:36:52 PM From: Paul Leach Subject: Re: Change password spec in cifsrap spec To: (""@LOCAL) The OWF spec is wrong. It is the same as the LM OWF. I.e., it is _not_ OWF = Ex(swab(P14), N8) it _is_ OWF = Ex(P14, N8) There was an internal misunderstanding here about the implementation of the LM OWF function. I thought it was the former, it is the Byt the way N8 is "KGS!@#$%". Yes, that's right, we got clearance from our lawyers to make it public. Paul > ---------- > From: Jeremy Allison[SMTP:jallison@WHISTLE.COM] > Reply To: Common Internet File System > Sent: Thursday, September 18, 1997 1:10 PM > To: CIFS@LISTSERV.MSN.COM > Subject: Change password spec in cifsrap spec > > Hi all, > > I was examining the SamOEMChangePassword function > in the cifsrap spec and came across something that > looks wrong, I'd appreciate it if Paul or someone > else could clear it up. > > The spec states : > > Can someone clarify that the OWF described above is > wrong, and should be replaced with the first part > of the Lanman hash - ie. > > OWF = Ex(P14, N8) > > Where > @ P14 is the key for the data to be encrypted. > If P14 is the users password, it is a > clear, upper-cased text string, padded with zero bytes > @ N8 is an 8 byte string whose value is available from Microsoft upon > request > > - or have I completely misunderstood this ? > > Jeremy Allison, > Samba Team. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Users Guide http://www.microsoft.com/sitebuilder/resource/mailfaq.asp > contains important info including how to unsubscribe. Save time, search > the archives at http://microsoft.ease.lsoft.com/archives/index.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------- Users Guide http://www.microsoft.com/sitebuilder/resource/mailfaq.asp contains important info including how to unsubscribe. Save time, search the archives at http://discuss.microsoft.com/archives/index.html