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Feature #2127

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Support newer hash schemes for root passwords

Added by Dominic Cleal over 11 years ago. Updated almost 6 years ago.

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Closed
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Normal
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Category:
Security
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Description

Currently Foreman hashes root passwords with MD5. This should be more flexible, e.g. SHA-1, SHA-2, perhaps depending on the operating system. Note that GRUB2 also uses PBKDF, see #2103.


Related issues 6 (2 open4 closed)

Related to Foreman - Bug #2069: (encrypted) root passwords are world readableClosedDominic Cleal10/07/2009Actions
Related to Foreman - Feature #2103: GRUB2 password support, PBKDF hashingNew01/04/2013Actions
Related to Foreman - Bug #7655: Host update for grub pass on first report received after upgradeNewActions
Related to Foreman - Bug #7731: Default OS root password hash algorithm should be SHA-2Duplicate09/29/2014Actions
Has duplicate Foreman - Bug #1171: support sha512 password hashing in RHEL6 / CentOS6Duplicate09/17/2011Actions
Has duplicate Foreman - Feature #5585: Support non-md5 root passwordDuplicate05/06/2014Actions
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