I’d been asked a few times recently for the code that generates the ICHDEX01 RACF masking exit. If you recall, this was the pre-DES (and long pre-KDFAES) algorithm that RACF used to store its passwords. (If you want more detail about this as the other algorithms, see my presentation from SHARE 2016)
The algorithm, through a series of shifts and XORs transforms the user’s 8 character password into the masked equivalent. Quick users will see that the algorithm does little to actually protect the passwords from reverse engineering as there is a 1:1 relationship with the input (plaintext) character in position X to its corresponding output masked character in the same position X.
For example, given algorithm mask(), the following examples hold true:
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 |
PLAIN MASK A D57C4C4C4C4C4C4C A1 D5D07C4C4C4C4C4C A12 D5D0D32C4C4C4C4C A123 D5D0D3821C4C4C4C A1234 D5D0D382B58C4C4C A12345 D5D0D382B524BC4C A123456 D5D0D382B52417EC A1234567 D5D0D382B5241746 |
So all we need do is encode via the algorithm each character until we have positions in the new mask matching the given mask.
The github repo below has both the encoder (ichdex01.py) and brute-forcer (masking_bf.py)
Enjoy.