Password encryption - Conf generator

Raph - Tue 02/11/2010 20:04:34 CET +0100

Hi,

I have a question about password encryption in portable configuration
I want to generate portable Kitty configuration from an excel file.
Since I can read the conf file I see some explicit parameters that I can generate but I don't know how to handle the password since it's encrypted.

Is there a option like in winscp.ini file where you can specify a plain password that will be encrypted by kitty at runtime ? (you can look at this for more details http://winscp.net/eng/docs/custom_distribution )

(it will be be better than my poor english :))


Regards

Cyd - Wed 03/11/2010 17:22:10 CET +0100

No option.
But a generator is available here.

Cyd

Ol - Wed 15/02/2012 23:17:29 CET +0100

Hello,

I also want to create the session files from an external tool, like Raph.

I compiled the genpass.exe from the sources and tried several combinations. I never come to the encrypted password as in the sessions file.

Example: I tried hostname=abc, termtype=xterm, pw=abc -> result=b1vbpHpzFjB
But Kitty is storing in the session file the encrypted pw=nb4pxiKZXbB

Can anyone help me?

Cyd - Thu 16/02/2012 10:12:17 CET +0100

It is normal.
There are several encrypted strings corresponding to one password.
Into the encrypt library I use some "random salt".
Try to use genpass.exe more than one time for the same password and you'll see, the encrypted string won't be the same.

Ol - Thu 16/02/2012 12:22:20 CET +0100

I noticed it - and thought, the bcrypt_init(0) is a randomizer. So, I commented it out.

Is there a possibility, to generate the encrypted passwords externally, so that I can paste them in an Kitty configuration?

As background: I am using about 70 SSH connections stored in an Excel sheet. I want to create from the sheet 70 session files for Kitty including the encrypted passwords.

Cyd - Thu 16/02/2012 14:05:51 CET +0100

Just export your Excel sheet into a .csv file. Then create a .bat file to generate the encrypted password string.

Ol - Thu 16/02/2012 15:36:48 CET +0100

Thanks Cyd!

Now I understood what you ment with "random salt" :-)

I always made a comparision of my generated password and the one stored in the session. I was expecting a 1:1 identity. But it works with every version of the output of genpass.exe.

Thanks a lot for your very fast support.

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