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Date:      16 Jun 1999 09:14:22 +0200
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
To:        Barrett Richardson <barrett@phoenix.aye.net>
Cc:        Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr>, Holtor <holtor@yahoo.com>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: DES & MD5?
Message-ID:  <xzphfo8ehwx.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: Barrett Richardson's message of "Tue, 15 Jun 1999 13:12:33 -0400 (EDT)"
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.01.9906151306060.8046-100000@phoenix.aye.net>

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Barrett Richardson <barrett@phoenix.aye.net> 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.

Of course it works. MD5 hashing is always available; DES hashing is optional.

DES
-- 
Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no


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