Use of crypt() leads to config problems

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I recently set up a dircproxy taken from the latest trunk checkout
(23/2/05) and set it up to have two connection blocks. I wished to use
these to connect to two different servers, on different networks, with the
same nick. All was well, except whichever password I used, I always got the
second connection block. The answer lied in my passwords. They were 15
characters long (a good thing) but the first 8 characters were the same (a
bad thing). I looked in man 3 crypt, and of course crypt only pays
attention to the first 8 characters.

Suggested fix: md5sum instead of crypt for password hashing. Unfortunately
I don''t know much C, but my house mate does, so I''ll see what we can come
up with. I''ll try and submit a patch by the end of the week.

PS: I am an admin for a site that hosts amongst other things, mailman
mailing lists. If you guys would like some, just ask.

Si1entDave at bisnatch dot net

Original issue reported on code.google.com by noel.w8tvi on 29 Sep 2008 at 5:39