diff --git a/rnex-core/src/nex/account.rs b/rnex-core/src/nex/account.rs
index eb542ff..08b2cdf 100644
--- a/rnex-core/src/nex/account.rs
+++ b/rnex-core/src/nex/account.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use md5::{Digest, Md5};
 use macros::RmcSerialize;
 
 use rnex_core::PID;
@@ -11,16 +12,46 @@ pub struct Account {
 
 impl Account {
     pub fn new(pid: PID, username: &str, passwd: &str) -> Self {
+        let iteration_count = 65000;
+        // we do one iteration out here to ensure the key is always 16 bytes
+
+        let mut key: [u8; 16] = {
+            let mut md5 = Md5::new();
+            md5.update(passwd);
+            md5.finalize().try_into().unwrap()
+        };
+
+        for _ in 1..iteration_count {
+            let mut md5 = Md5::new();
+            md5.update(key);
+            key = md5.finalize().try_into().unwrap();
+        }
+
         Self {
-            kerbros_password: passwd.as_bytes().into(),
+            kerbros_password: key.into(),
             username: username.into(),
             pid,
         }
     }
 
     pub fn new_raw_password(pid: PID, username: &str, passwd: &[u8]) -> Self {
+        let iteration_count = 65000;
+        // we do one iteration out here to ensure the key is always 16 bytes
+
+        let mut key: [u8; 16] = {
+            let mut md5 = Md5::new();
+            md5.update(passwd);
+            md5.finalize().try_into().unwrap()
+        };
+
+        for _ in 1..iteration_count {
+            let mut md5 = Md5::new();
+            md5.update(key);
+            key = md5.finalize().try_into().unwrap();
+        }
+
         Self {
-            kerbros_password: passwd.into(),
+            kerbros_password: key.into(),
             username: username.into(),
             pid,
         }