From owner-freebsd-security Sun Nov 14 17:22:11 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 758) id B099014C99; Sun, 14 Nov 1999 17:22:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F2831CD44A; Sun, 14 Nov 1999 17:22:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kris@hub.freebsd.org) Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 17:22:08 -0800 (PST) From: Kris Kennaway To: "H. Eckert" Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Status of Passwords/etc in FreeBSD-stable In-Reply-To: <19991114015245.A58093@server.nostromo.in-berlin.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 14 Nov 1999, H. Eckert wrote: > Quoting Kris Kennaway (kris@hub.freebsd.org): > > Probably you switched from DES to MD5 passwords when you upgraded. > > I didn't upgrade; it was a completely fresh installation. > Apparently MD5 hashes are the default method with 3.x Yes, if you don't select to install the DES libraries. > > Having said that, your netatalk example shows there's at least some need > > for it - it would be a fairly simple matter to copy the minpasswordlen > > code. If you submit the patch I'll try and get it committed. > > Sorry, that's completely out of scope for me. Fair enough (although it would be really trivial, just copy-n-paste from the minpasswordlen source, almost). I might get to it one day.. Kris ---- Cthulhu for President! For when you're tired of choosing the _lesser_ of two evils.. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message