Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 19:57:57 +0200 From: sthaug@nethelp.no To: phk@critter.freebsd.dk Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DES & MD5? Message-ID: <75695.929469477@verdi.nethelp.no> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 15 Jun 1999 19:23:38 %2B0200" References: <6934.929467418@critter.freebsd.dk>
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> I belive it works that way, but not the other way around, unless you > have the DES kit installed. > > In message <Pine.BSF.4.01.9906151306060.8046-100000@phoenix.aye.net>, Barrett R > ichardson writes: > > > > > >Some of my colleagues here claimed they dropped an MD5 master.passwd > >file onto a machine on which a DES master.passwd had previously been > >and they said it worked. I didn't believe them at the time. I have a machine with mixed MD5/DES passwords, and it works just fine. (Yes, libcrypt is a symlink to libdescrypt.) Unfortunately new users get DES passwords. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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