I think support article from MS is more clear: http://support.microsoft.c
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Browse All TopicsWhen retrieving the attributes for a user in LDAP or DSML from Active Directory are any of those attributes a hashed form of the user's password (SHA1, MD5, etc?). If not is there a way to enable Active Directory to include a hashed password?
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I think support article from MS is more clear: http://support.microsoft.c
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by: meugenPosted on 2009-02-04 at 07:08:18ID: 23548804
Windows can store passwords in two ways. LM Hash (weak) or NT Hash (pretty
strong if users can come up with a good strong password).
For LM Hash -- among other things DES is used to create a hash
For NT Hash - MD4 is used.