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MD5 Password Storage Scheme

The MD5 Password Storage Scheme provides a mechanism for encoding user passwords using an unsalted form of the MD5 message digest algorithm. Because the implementation does not use any kind of salting mechanism, a given password always has the same encoded form.

This scheme contains only an implementation for the user password syntax, with a storage scheme name of "MD5". Although the MD5 digest algorithm is relatively secure, recent cryptanalysis work has identified mechanisms for generating MD5 collisions. This does not impact the security of this algorithm as it is used in Oracle Unified Directory, but it is recommended that the MD5 password storage scheme only be used if client applications require it for compatibility purposes, and that a stronger digest like SSHA or SSHA256 be used for environments in which MD5 support is not required.

Parent Component

The MD5 Password Storage Scheme component inherits from the Password Storage Scheme

Properties

A description of each property follows.


Basic Properties: Advanced Properties:
↓ enabled ↓ java-class

Basic Properties

enabled

Description
Indicates whether the Password Storage Scheme is enabled for use.
Default Value
None
Allowed Values
true
false
Multi-valued
No
Required
Yes
Admin Action Required
None
Advanced Property
No
Read-only
No


Advanced Properties

java-class

Description
Specifies the fully-qualified name of the Java class that provides the MD5 Password Storage Scheme implementation.
Default Value
org.opends.server.extensions.MD5PasswordStorageScheme
Allowed Values
A java class that implements or extends the class(es) :
org.opends.server.api.PasswordStorageScheme
Multi-valued
No
Required
Yes
Admin Action Required
None
Advanced Property
Yes
Read-only
No


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