Password

Password

A set of characters used for identification when communicating with the computer. It prevents other users from logging in under your user name.

Password Encoding

In SINTRAN III user passwords are encrypted and stored in a 16-bit word in the user entry. All characters in the password are treated as upper case. The algorithm for encrypting the password is as follows:

init 16-bit word to zero
for each character in the string, starting with the leftmost character, do:
  rotate 16-bit word 3 bits to the left
  add value of character (7 bits) to 16-bit word
done

Reference

Norsk Data Document ND–30.041.1 EN ND-100 SATELLITE OPERATOR GUIDE , from Terminology