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Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] radius password decrypt patch

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From: Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 10:48:47 -0600 (CST)
On Sun, 15 Dec 2002, jharris wrote:

> Here is the source forge page where this md5 code is maintained
> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=42360
> The license is called bsd-like..
> IANAL, but the only requirement I see in the license is that it must not
> be represented as an orignal work.  If the GPL is a requirement, it should
> be allowed, there is no clause about relicensing.  Really I dont care
> which implentation of md5 is used.. I just needed one and didnt want to
> rely on a system provided one.. aka openssl or libmd. As for the
> file rename, if thats the only problem can make the changes and another
> patch.

It looks like it's safe to include the library (and modify the code if
needed).  I'll ask the author for permission, just to be 100% sure.  The
library was written by L. Peter Deutsch of Ghostscript fame, BTW.


> On Sun, 15 Dec 2002, Joerg Mayer wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, Dec 15, 2002 at 02:29:37AM -0800, jharris wrote:
> > >
> > > Here is a patch to decrypt radius user passwords. You will need to know
> > > the shared secret and put that in the radius proto prefs.  This is my
> > > first whack at a ethereal patch.. so put the flame throwers on low if
> > > there is a huge problem with the code.
> >
> > I haven't looked at your code itself, but noticed a few formal problems:
> > md5.[hc] should be named crypt-md5.[hc]. Also, I'm wondering whether the
> > license of the md5.[hc] files is "upgradeable" to GPL, it not, then we
> > have a licens conflict.
> >
> >  ciao
> >          Jörg
> >
> > --
> > Joerg Mayer                                          <jmayer@xxxxxxxxx>
> > I found out that "pro" means "instead of" (as in proconsul). Now I know
> > what proactive means.
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> -- James Harris
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