Re: lanman password question

Andrew Tridgell (tridge@samba.anu.edu.au)
Wed, 11 Mar 1998 10:00:22 +1100

From:	Andrew Tridgell <tridge@samba.anu.edu.au>
To:	lkcl@switchboard.net
Subject: Re: lanman password question
Message-Id: <19980310230023Z12616708-14157+13532@samba.anu.edu.au>
Date:	Wed, 11 Mar 1998 10:00:22 +1100

> who wrote this algorithm? was it lee?

The lanman encryption algorithm has been around for a looong time. I
doubt it was written by anyone we know. It was even in the old DOS
lanman client. MS also use it for a number of other products (PPP
springs to mind).

It's bad now, but at the time it was written it was better than what
most people used (plain text).

Cheers, Andrew