Sha Password Storage Plug-In; Table 15-22 Details Of Sha Password Storage Plug-In - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.1 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Table 15-21 Details of NS-MTA-MD5 Password Storage Plug-In (Continued)
Default Setting
on
Configurable None
Arguments
Dependencies None
Do not modify the configuration of this plug-in. Netscape
Performance
Related Information
recommends that you leave this plug-in running at all times.
You cannot choose to encrypt passwords using the NS-MTA-MD5
Further Information
password storage scheme. The storage scheme is present in
Netscape Directory Server 6.1 but only for reasons of backward
compatibility with earlier versions of Directory Server. See Chapter
7, "User Account Management."

SHA Password Storage Plug-In

Table 15-22 Details of SHA Password Storage Plug-In

SHA
Plug-in Name
DN of Configuration
cn=SHA,cn=Password Storage
Entry
Schemes,cn=plugins,cn=config
SHA password storage scheme for password encryption
Description
Configurable on | off
Options
Default Setting
on
Configurable None
Arguments
Dependencies None
If your directory does not contain passwords encrypted using the
Performance
Related Information
SHA password storage scheme, you may turn this plug-in off. You
should choose SSHA preferablly than SHA because SSHA is a far
more secure option.
Chapter 7, "User Account Management."
Further Information
Server Plug-in Functionality Reference
Chapter 15 Administering Directory Server Plug-Ins 455