InterNIC modification

Mon Sep 28 23:50:01 UTC 1998

On Mon, Sep 28, 1998 at 07:18:25PM -0400, Steven J. Sobol wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 28, 1998 at 05:15:30PM -0400, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> > On Sun, Sep 27, 1998 at 11:14:42PM -0400, Steven J. Sobol wrote:
> > > I've found that on changes to domains for which I'm already a contact,
> > > setting my authentication to CRYPT-PW works well, causing changes to be
> > > completed within hours.
> > > 
> > > Note that CRYPT-PW apparently only refers to how the passwords are stored
> > > on the InterNIC's servers; they're sent in plaintext when you e-mail the
> > > form.
> > 
> > Well, you know... no.
> > I've seen the mail generated when you fill in the webform, and choose
> > CRYPT-PW.  The CGI script encrypts the cleartext password, and that's
> > what's in the field in the email when it's mailed to you for
> > forwarding.
> 
> Jay, my friend, I hate to be argumentative, but...
> 
> Authorization
> 0a. (N)ew (M)odify (D)elete.........: M
> 0b. Auth Scheme.....................: CRYPT-PW
> 0c. Auth Info.......................: sj.3989.
> 
> That is indeed the password associated with my NIC handle. Or was, 
> anyhow. I've since changed it.
> 
> That was in the e-mail sent to me, which was not PGP'd or encrypted in
> any way.
> 
> This is rather silly. YES, it IS encrypted when you originally set the
> password. It IS NOT encrypted in a domain registration form though. It should
> be.

	Then what stops me from finding your original crypt() and
sending that in.

	In the case of what you want, pgp is the correct
solution.