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Date:      Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:26:23 -0500
From:      David Magda <dmagda@ee.ryerson.ca>
To:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Add SHA-256/512 hash algorithm to crypt(3) (kern/124164)
Message-ID:  <BBFD313F-61EC-4BF8-90E3-41783F5B07F9@ee.ryerson.ca>

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Hello all,

Is there any chance that kern/124164 [1] could be looked at? The =
included patch has been updated by KIMURA Yasuhiro for 8.1R, and so =
hopefully would be okay for 8.3R (and maybe even -CURRENT).

The functionality would be very helpful for NIS- and LDAP-based =
environments, as Linux and even Solaris support these newer algorithms, =
and so when they do a (yp)passwd the new hashes are often used which =
cause interoperability issues=97not to mention the usefulness of of =
stronger hashes. :)

Thanks for any info (and please CC, as I'm not subscribed).

[1] http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3Dkern/124164=



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