Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 04:26:28 -0500 (EST) From: Michael Graffam <mgraffam@mhv.net> To: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@luke.cpl.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MD5 passwords -> DES? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95q.971215042136.24349A-100000@spice.mhv.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.971215010345.300A-100000@luke.cpl.net>
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On Mon, 15 Dec 1997, Shawn Ramsey wrote: > Is it possible to convert all the MD5 password in master.passwd into DES > passwords, easily? No. "Easy" conversion implies decryption, which is impossible for the DES encrypted passwords, which is impossible. I havent looked into this sort of thing myself, but I'd bet there is some gizmo that allows logins with DES passwords, but when the user finally changes the password, MD5 is used for the new entry transparently. If such a system isnt in place, I'd be very surprised. Moreover.. I might even undertake the task. That is, if someone wants to take the burden of a GUI editor/email system with builtin PGP off my hands. :) I'll gladly trade projects! Michael Graffam (mgraffam@mhv.net) http://www.mhv.net/~mgraffam - Religion, Philosophy, Computers, etc "Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe the more often and steadily we reflect upon them: the starry heavens above and the moral law within me. I do not seek or conjecture either of them as if they were veiled obscurities or extravagances beyond the horizon of my vision; I see them before me and connect them immediately with the consciousness of my existence." - Immanuel Kant "Critique of Practical Reason"
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