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On Tuesday 29 March 2011 11:23:50 Alberto Mattea wrote:
> > On Sunday 27 March 2011 13:05:11 Alberto Mattea wrote:
> > > > > "Crypting password" means that it's generating a sha512 hash of t=
he
> > >=20
> > > password
> > >=20
> > > > > with the pbkdf2 algorithm, so that you cannot simply read the
> > > > > configuration file
> > > > > and get the password.
> > > >=20
> > > > Wouldn't that be "encrypt passwort"?
> > >=20
> > > I don't know, maybe both are possible. We would need a native english
> > > speaker  here :-)
> >=20
> > "Encrypting the password" would mean applying the encryption algorithm =
to
>=20
> the
>=20
> > password, thus making it unreadable in plain text.  To make it plainly
> > readable again would require decryption.  Does that help?  If not, plea=
se
>=20
> give
>=20
> > me the appropriate sentences and I'll see if I can help more.
> >=20
> > Anne
>=20
> Thanks for the clarification, it's very helpful. Would it be the same if
> the password is un-decryptable, since we're using one-way hashes?
> Thanks
> Alberto

Pretty much the same, although the rules are unclear by the time you get to=
=20
this complication :-)  I'd be inclined to say that they were non-decryptabl=
e,=20
but I'm not sure that un-decryptable would be wrong.  Of course clarity of=
=20
meaning is the overall requirement, and I think non- suggests you can't,=20
whereas un- suggests, to me, some reversal method.  Just my thoughts, thoug=
h.

Anne
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