Algorithm used by DataStage for password encryption?

koolnitz · Post by **koolnitz** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 11:17 pm

Hello All,

I tried to search in the documents (PDFs) but couldn't find anything being pubilshed by IBM/Ascential about the alogrithm used for password encryption. Is anybody aware of the same? Is it mentioned in any of the documents?

Thanks!

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 3:15 am

Although it's not strong encryption (at least in versions earlier than 8.0) the algorithm is unpublished. Putting it slightly more strongly, the algorithm is "unpublished proprietary information and intellectual property of International Business Machines Corporation" and your licensing agreement expressly forbids you from reverse-engineering it or cracking it by any other means. Or at least from publishing your findings.

koolnitz · Post by **koolnitz** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 12:17 am

Ray, Thanks for the information!