Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 12:19:30 -0400 From: Ray Kohler <ray@rjk191.rh.psu.edu> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MD5 in Kernel Message-ID: <20000408121930.A19774@rjk191.rh.psu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20000408115259.A63617@prime.cs.ohiou.edu>; from mtomko@prime.cs.ohiou.edu on Sat, Apr 08, 2000 at 11:52:59AM -0400 References: <20000408115259.A63617@prime.cs.ohiou.edu>
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On Sat, Apr 08, 2000 at 11:52:59AM -0400, Mark J Tomko wrote: > Is it a good idea for the average user to enable the MD5 option in the > kernel? I'm just wondering if it's one of those "if you needed it, > you'd know it" options, or if my system will be considerably less secure > without it? Does removing it make the kernel any smaller? Actually, it's been enabled standard for a good while anyway (at least in 4.0). In other words, it's included whether you want to or not. Just lately its name was removed from LINT in order to avoid confusion. As for 3.X, I don't think it's always there but if it's so good that they made it mandatory in 4.0, I'd use it... -- Ray Kohler <rjk191@psu.edu> FreeBSD -- The Power to Serve Chef, n.: Any cook who swears in French. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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