[IRCServices] Garbage Trailing FounderPass When Using convert-dbon PTlink.Services2.17.0 Database

[PJ]

Ah ha! Cool. I haven't had time to install IRCServices and test the XML file
before I reported it. I guess I should have, my bad.

Sorry for the trouble.
-Paul

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Church" <achurch at achurch.org>
To: <ircservices at ircservices.za.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 6:13 AM
Subject: Re: [IRCServices] Garbage Trailing FounderPass When Using
convert-dbon PTlink.Services2.17.0 Database


>      As the saying goes, this isn't a bug, it's a feature.  The converter
> doesn't know (or rather, chooses not to know) whether the password field
> contains a cleartext password or encrypted data, so it saves the entire
> field (32 bytes, in this case).  When the field is read in by Services,
the
> first \0 will terminate the plaintext password, and the rest of the field
> will be ignored, so no problems will occur.
>
>   --Andrew Church
>     achurch at achurch.org
>     http://achurch.org/
>
> >Hello everyone. Great Services.
> >
> >I am currently researching the possibility of a network I IRCop on
switching
> >to your IRCServices. We are currently running an extremely old Service
> >Daemon, PTlink.Services2.17.0. I ran our databases through your
convert-db
> >application. Everything looks good except for all the founderpass entries
> >have trailing garbage. In the example I am pasting below, I set the
> >founderpass to be 'l33t' and the convert-db app spits out the following:
> >
>
><founderpass>l33t&#0;&#0;&#0;&#0;&#0;&#0;&#0;&#0;&#0;&#0;&#0;&#0;&#0;&#0;&#
0
> >;&#0;|\&#15;@hC&#7;&#0;&#240;&#193;&#7;&#8;</founderpass>
> >
> >As you can see, the password itself is intact, however it is apparently
> >reading too far beyond the password in the database, or something.
> >
> >We can most likely parse this garbage out on our own, but I thought I
would
> >report it, and possible see if it can be fixed.
> >
> >Thank you.
> >-Paul
> >
> >
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