[Bug 272902] Security: allow passphrases for WPA-EAP to be saved without using clear text

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=272902

--- Comment #4 from Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> ---
Re: comment 1

> <https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/278948/13260> suggests: 
> 
> echo -n plaintext_password_here | iconv -t utf16le | openssl md4

Thanks to Chris Moerz at
<https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-desktop/2025-January/005301.html>,
I looked more closely at the 278948 answer in Stack Exchange. 

Following the example for macOS (without disclosing my true password): 

grahamperrin:/tmp % echo -n plaintext_password_here | iconv -t UTF-16LE |
openssl dgst -md4 -provider legacy
MD4(stdin)= 6602f435f01b9173889a8d3b9bdcfd0b
grahamperrin:/tmp % 

– no error.

That might be enough for me to close this as not a bug. I'll aim to confirm no
later than week ending Friday 24th January.

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