name.com's passwords were (still are?) not encrypted. They're unsalted MySQL 4.1 PASSWORD() hashes.
I was curious what algorithm is behind the MySQL PASSWORD() method. According to the MySQL reference manual, "you should not use it in your own applications. For that purpose, consider MD5() or SHA1() instead."[1]
1: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/encryption-functions...
Hint: I'm the head of ops, the password matched what I had set (16 characters, mix of letters, numbers and symbols, not used anywhere else).