Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 12:55:58 -0800 (PST) From: Tom <tom@sdf.com> To: Ian Grigg <iang@systemics.com> Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: crypt() equiv? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901181158280.2072-100000@misery.sdf.com> In-Reply-To: <199901182023.QAA26961@systemics.com>
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On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Ian Grigg wrote: > > ... I'm more > > interested in the standard Unix DES crypt() though. > > > > > In Cryptix 3.0.3 there is a crypt program, which implements > > > the DES variant ... > > I just checked, it does do the DES variant, and there is a > handy dandy test program. > > > Ugh... rewriting crypt() from scratch seems faster... > > Not sure why that would be, unless you're referring to the > overhead of Sun's JCE architecture. If you do rewrite, you > can test against the Cryptix program, or write this little > C test from the javadoc: Because I looked over the website, and I had no clue how to use Cryptix to implement a crypt() function. I looked at JavaDoc, and stumbled over a crypt3() method, which led me to UnixCrypt. I don't know how people find stuff... Now, I just need write a function to generate a random. The UnixCrypt class docs seem to imply the salt is two characters (default is "AA"), but isn't it usually 8 characters? Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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