Show HN: mysql-unsha1 – MySQL authentication without cleartext password

Posted by cyrusand on Saturday March 18, 2017 @08:57AM
from the show-hn dept.

https://github.com/cyrus-and/mysql-unsha1

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Re:Show HN: mysql-unsha1 – MySQL authentication without clea... by Piskvorrr on Saturday March 18, 2017 @11:06AM (#13901556)

In other words, SHA1 (password) becomes the actual password. As the author writes, "hardly an exploit": just a gentle reminder how insecure the default auth is.

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