Encrypted passwords

[Richard Sharpe]

Hi,

I am interested in confirming what happens with Windows clients when
encrypted passwords are in use.

As I understand it, Win95 uses the older LM Hash, while NT uses the newer
NT hash.

However, is the hash sent over the wire, or, is it more like a challenge is
sent in the NetProt response, and this challenge is encrypted with the
user's hash, while the server performs the same calculation ...



Regards
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Richard Sharpe, sharpe at ns.aus.com, Master Linux Administrator :-),
Samba (Team member, www.samba.org), Ethereal (Team member, www.zing.org)
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