Yes...indeed but some applications store in their databases HA1 rather than clear text username and password
On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Brian West
<brian@freeswitch.org> wrote:
the A1 hash is NO more secure if they have that its the exact same as having the username and password anyway.
/b
On Dec 18, 2010, at 8:35 AM, Paulo Vicentini wrote:
> Yes, realm is necessary, but it is quite "static" and possible to known it before hand
> Using HA1 is very useful if you wish to prevent storing clear text password of your trunks in the box
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> Paulo
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