From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 19 0:36:39 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp11.bellglobal.com (smtp11.bellglobal.com [204.101.251.53]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D871F16188 for ; Tue, 19 Oct 1999 00:36:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from edirol@anime.ca) Received: from epoch.anime.ca (HSE-TOR-ppp25728.sympatico.ca [209.226.82.225]) by smtp11.bellglobal.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id DAA19039 for ; Tue, 19 Oct 1999 03:40:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from magus (magus.anime.ca [192.168.0.3]) by epoch.anime.ca (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id DAA23961 for ; Tue, 19 Oct 1999 03:36:29 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from edirol@anime.ca) Message-ID: <000701bf1a04$aac9b380$0300a8c0@anime.ca> From: "Edirol" To: Subject: crypt library Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 03:36:29 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, Which hash function offers better encryption? DES- or MD5 based ones? I noticed that the MD5 password strings are longer than DES ones as stated in the handbook but does that mean it is better/worse? - Will To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message