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Re: System Configuration framework (setting AuthPassword)
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Re: System Configuration framework (setting AuthPassword)


  • Subject: Re: System Configuration framework (setting AuthPassword)
  • From: Vincent Lubet <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 09:28:22 -0800

Here is the info I managed to gather about AuthPasswordEncryption.

We don't currently encrypt passwords right now so the key AuthPasswordEncryption is just a place holder waiting for the day we have values like "Plain", "MD5", "KEYCHAIN", whatever...
Today, the you can currently just test the presence of this key:
- If it is not there ---> plain text (a.k.a. CFDATA)
- If it is there, you probably will not be able to decode the password.
That way your code will not break in the future (trying to read something encoded), when we introduce crypto.

Vincent

On Tuesday, February 26, 2002, at 06:53 AM, Paul Popovich wrote:

Hello all,
I'm fairly new to this framework (System Configuration), so my question may seem really naive.
I'm using the framework to configure ISP network setting, namely, DNS, phone number, account name, various ppp options, and a password (ppp preference pane).
Now, everything gets configured successfully, with an exception of the password key. The password key does not get encrypted correctly, so everytime I test dial out, I get authentication errors. I finally noticed that I'm only setting AuthPassword key, but there's also AuthPasswordEncryption key and AuthProtocol key.
Now, AuthProtocol has values for it listed as "CHAP" or "PAP". But, AuthPasswordEncryption key remains a mystery. I can't find any information anywhere on how to set it, and most importantly, do I need to set it? And furthermore, do these keys also get set in the PPP dictionary, or somewhere else?
My problem in a nutshell, to summarize, is that I need to set the AuthPassword key properly so it encrypts properly, and whatever further action that implies.
Thank you in advance,
Paul Popovich.
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